Exploring the Abandoned town of Dana Massachusetts 1938 ghost town

People were made to leave the town so the could flood it and build the Reservoir but they didn't flood the entire town. We took the walk down the old main road to see what this old town looked like with no buildings or people. What a shame they moved and destroyed all these old buildings, cleared the people out but never actually flooded a majority of the town.
Formed from parts of Petersham, Greenwich, and Hardwick, it was incorporated in 1801. The town was named for Massachusetts statesman Francis Dana. The town was disincorporated on April 28, 1938, as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. Upon disincorporation, all of the town was returned to the adjacent town of Petersham. The majority of the land of the former town is still above water.
As with the nearby town of Prescott, after the disincorporation, houses were moved or razed, but cellar holes remain. In the town center (which is still somewhat maintained by the Mass DOC and Recreation), a stone marker has been installed, which reads: "SITE OF DANA COMMON 1801-1938 To all those who sacrificed their homes and way of life. The common and a 68-acre area encompassing the former town center has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Exploring the Abandoned town of Dana Massachusetts 1938 ghost town

[@celenasmith5786]

I've grown up with the quabin being right in my town. I've never been ok with destroying towns to flood them so BOSTON has drinking water!! In 3rd grade sum1 whom lived in Enfield came and spoke at our school & is something I will never forget ❤❤❤

[@chadelliot2021]

Awesome!! Welcome to my back yard! Garbage that any state ran location like that has so many rules, but believe me, that place has been SMASHED by a million detectorists. Half the town is under water. Some people capitalized on the situation, famous story of one guy claiming his farm land was a golf course, he got paid big. Others suffered terribly with the flooding to quench Boston’s thirst. Half of Dana is under water, other towns like Enfield, are completely underwater. Great vid. Cheers

[@HeatherRawVeganHenry]

yeah, the golf course guy built some of it in order to destroy it/ get paid!

[@JeffDearman]

it has rules for a reason. There is fragile vegetation and wetlands there. And its a water source for massachusetts. we have to protect it.

[@michaelday6987]

The roads in an abandoned town look better than towns in use

[@laurenm6511]

Thank you for exploring this place. Always wanted to go. For people who dont want to live in Massachusetts..get out. We wont miss you

[@jimmclaughlin5930]

Ok not a problem I'm leaving!

[@ChrisLincolnHomes]

LOL just seeing this video now. NO is just one of the many reasons I moved to Florida. It's amazing that the American Revolution basically started in MA and the majority of the people that live there want exactly what the patriots fought for. Boggles the mind.

[@chuckvt5196]

Yup...welcome to Taxachusetts. Rules against everything. DO not do any of this stuff on land that we confiscated to flood. Crazy! Don't miss my home state for reasons like this! Great video, guys!

[@sandydorow5115]

Can’t wait to show my dad this video! He will know everywhere you both were, he was born in that town, and grew up there till they were forced out.

[@sheilajowilliams2739]

So glad you did this video. I thoroughly enjoy your usual work out in the woods at forgotten places. However, I enjoyed imagining this hike, which I could do in this old body. Thanks, guys. I love your videos.

[@ryandx6955]

“Welcome to Massachusetts, NO” As a mass resident I can confirm.

[@jaybales3160]

Nice job gentlemen. Enjoyed watching. Looking forward to your next episode.

[@cashenjoe1]

You took the words out of my mouth.. when I'm there I can hear the kids laughing and having snowball fights after school.. hear the horse drawn wagons, old folks complaining about the weather.. it's a zen place for me and I've hiked and biked many miles there over the years..

[@AngelaMastrodonato]

I live near there and just got to visit this place last year. The most disappointing part was the plaque with a picture of an old war monument near where the monument used to stand. The monument lists those from Dana who served during wars and stopped at WWI but it was simply listed “World War”. What bothered me was that this memorial was no where near the reservoir and yet the state of Massachusetts couldn’t have kept it standing. All they did was place a photo near the site. I don’t understand why that part of the former Dana couldn’t have been left untouched.

[@redneckpride4ever]

You know, here in NH we have an unincorporated township called Livermore. It has a population of zero, yet the town lines remain (check Google maps). I really wish that the same honors could have been given to the Quabbin towns.

[@ricevillage]

Residents argued that Dana Common would be above water but the state rejected that argument, apparently to have a wide buffer between where people lived and he water's edge.

[@greenwich1754]

North Dana was significantly larger, and had several manufacturing facilities along the Swift River, and is almost entirely under water. Large sections of Dana were flooded, so that the remaining areas above the flow line were not large enough to sustain a town. There was also the concern of people living close to the reservoir, so the entire town was taken to ensure a proper watershed. The war memorial is now at Quabbin Park cemetery.

[@AngelaMastrodonato]

@@greenwich1754 oh so the memorial has been preserved then. I didn’t expect Massachusetts to keep all the buildings in that area, but didn’t understand why a single war memorial, far from the water, in what is now a state park open to the public anyway, couldn’t keep that one monument. At least the monument still exists.

[@smifnwess93]

@@redneckpride4ever interesting

[@jim-do5pt]

Thanks, guys, for the tour!

[@TreasureHuntingSWPA412]

Gotta love places like that. The list of rules and regulations ensure that the land being preserved for everybody, can be enjoyed by basically nobody. And the irony being that they're preserving stuff that's no longer there. I could see preserving it if it was still there. But it's not.

[@thomasstack4119]

If it’s near the reservoir, the restrictions are more likely related to protecting water quality than preserving any artifacts. There’s a reason greater Boston has some of the best quality tap water in the country.

[@ricevillage]

My daughter worked with the MDC to install site-specific photos around Dana Common to show what the buildings looked like at the time. This was for her Girl Scout Gold award, and the photos -- although needed occasional maintenance -- are durable and appreciated by visitors. This is about as much as can be allowed.

[@sonnyg3940]

We like when you CAN DO THINGS too! Cool episode though. Thanks for showing us around

[@15thCenturyJohn]

Very interesting place, very sad the outcome of all those who had to leave at such a difficult time, it would be interesting to know what happened to those who had to leave. Doesn't sound like such a great place Massachusetts with all it's prohibitions, it's getting a little like that over here to. Take Care. Cheers

[@nufiya999]

They were black people, the country shitted on them.

[@patrickmooney4135]

Yeah, its a sad story of these towns being destroyed and removed to make way for Boston's water supply. But as I recall, the same thing happened in Tennessee and other parts with the TVA. Excellent and educational video as always. Thanks, guys!

[@DavidCGibbs]

Thank you for visiting the old townsite of Dana, All the buildings were removed, the grounds bladed, and trees up to the proposed waterline. The MDC Board knew that 50% of the Town would be above the waterline, they didn't care. 4 towns were destroyed, Greenwich, Enfield, Dana, Prescott. 1000's of Graves were un-interned and then re-buried at Quabbin Park Cemetery. My Rev War solider was birthed in Greenwich, his Grandfather is in the Quabbin Park Cemetery. Again Thanks David C. Gibbs

[@thefirefighterwaylifefight2030]

Good old Massachusetts where everything is illegal and or prohibited..... I live in Ma so I can knock it....lol...

[@johnnysalami27]

You’d think there would be plenty of old places to go but everything is gone and restricted. Very boring state western mass isn’t much better than eastern mass

[@Pisces-1978]

@@johnnysalami27 I don't know much about Western Mass but there's tons of "old places" on the Eastern side. All of Downtown Boston is "old" with many buildings, churches cemeteries as old as the city. Cities of Quincy, Charleston, South Boston all have huge amounts of history or "old places"...far from a boring state. Look up a lil history on Massachusetts, you'd be surprised

[@josebro352]

@@Pisces-1978 I agree. I live on Cape Ann near Gloucester and there's an abandoned town in this area called Dogtown. It's located between Gloucester and Rockport out by the railroad tracks. Back in the 1800s it was a settlement of mostly women. Spinsters and widows who kept dogs for protection. There were also a few witches who had been cast out of Salem who lived there as well. Legend has it that most of the women were forced to move due to the lack of food and resources, leaving only empty houses and feral dogs. Hence it's name.

[@s.porter8646]

I moved from MA to Hawaii, from communist to more communist

[@kendellmurdick3114]

Same in ri

[@aubreysavaria1777]

I wish MA was more like NH.

[@Ellen_mcg]

we averaged 2.6 mph walking this yesterday... and I wondered "why is this taking so long?" haha. now I know. Rollin Doubleday.

[@RCBuildaholic001]

Thanks for taking us along Charlie and digger Dane, you should overlay some of those pictures on what it looks like now. HH from Vt guys!

[@MNpicker]

Very cool!! But very sad at the same time😕 I enjoy hikes and explorations like this..

[@ricevillage]

Excellent video. I am involved with the annual town reunion held there on Dana Common. Although we did not hold it last year and may not this year, this road (Gate 40) is still open to those who want to venture in by foot or bicycle. One note: There is an open field straight behind where the church was, and a gravel path into the middle of it. Continue less than 100 yards and walk down a steep little hillside and you are at the water's edge. However, to find more of what was here in this area, these gentlemen are correct: it'll take more walking, and you'll come to the water again, where you'll see that what was there is submerged.

[@davestelling]

Really enjoy these field trips and wish you'd do some more, gentlemen...

[@surfpsych]

"Everything is illegal in Massachusetts." ---Mel Gibson, "Edge of Darkness"

[@TT-hi1qv]

Very true!

[@yourmumspogostick7336]

@@TT-hi1qv not illegal citizens.....Elizabeth Warren said "it's not illegal, to be illegal in massachusetts"

[@925inder2]

Any history of this place is wasting away. I wonder if you can secure a permit to metal detect there and turn in all the finds. Have a display there somewhere manned by volunteers. This would be awesome place to detect. Otherwise noone will ever see the relics hidden in the soil there. It is sad and ironic that first they destroy the place and than they protect the remnants from being discovered and protected.

[@ricevillage]

No metal detecting is allowed. I am closely involved with people working to preserve Dana Common which is now a National Historic Site. I also have treasure hunted with a metal detector (not there), and even the state archaeologist is not allowed to search here. Ground-penetrating radar would be allowed but only under the direction of the MDC and state archaeologist.

[@doreenbooth4944]

Thank you for the hike i live close will have to go for that hike

[@kevinstrickland4881]

Enjoyed!!

[@Ecosse57]

as a mass native who wants to move to nh that intro struck a nerve. great video, guys.

[@rammur1]

Nice tour !

[@rickrickrick5317]

I just came back from there and clicked on this video hoping I could find answers to all the confusing things along the trail. Well, glad to see I’m not the only confused person at the holes and cabins

[@dorothydraper8602]

Rollin Doubleday is on my family tree. My uncle's family was from Dana and he spent the first nine years of his life there. His mother's last name was Doubleday. How amazing to see! Didn't know you could hike in that area. Will definitely do that hike.

[@keithie6]

hey Digger Charlie and Digger Dame Man that was hard to watch ( but great) I bet you wish you could have swung and did some digging I watched this morning before work but didn't have time to comment , so watching a 2nd time and to comment I love watching all of your video's and never miss any of them , sometimes I don't have time to always comment but I'm watching them all , stay safe and good luck on your next adventure ( BIg thumbs up from Alaska )

[@albakanas3558]

Enjoyed !

[@attentive.affairsyt9999]

My great grandparents lived here and the did not get paid I a cent for there house

[@Johnnyb671]

Yes, the people were paid for their land...though, the price went down as April of '38 got closer. Also, most graves were removed, You two were very close to one of the remaining ones. Farnsworth stone. Also, as mentioned in the comments, the F-94 Spitfire crash site is close to the Common. I'm wondering if you saw the Vaughn homestead, right there in the common. Legend has it Vaughn paid kids a nickel a piece to bring him the stones for the foundation.

[@ricevillage]

The plane crash is better than a mile away, off a trail to Pottapaug Mountain, if you consult a map.

[@kevinshowers6477]

Years ago I painted in an elderly complex in Belchertown , Ma.. I met people that lived in the towns of Dana. Enfield under Quabbin. I seen photo albums of gazebo's boardwalks and beautiful homes. The people all told me the same thing, not much money for their property, and forced to move. There is an awesome documentary called " Under Quabbin" Where state police scuba dive in the reservoir.

[@dragman10]

“Can’t do anything” that’s Massachusetts for ya.........

[@JamesWilliams-jj6su]

Now that sounds like a new license plate... can't do anything 😂 welcome to Massachusetts

[@EZDiggin]

As always Charlie another great Not Thursday adventure with Dame. It is a shame to see a quaint little town go to waste so to say. It is good that there is an effort to try to and preserve what little is left. Hah

[@Obscured1972]

Very cool. Carol was at the Quabbin this weekend, her sister lives in Hardwick. We had an Eagle Hotel here that greatly resembled the picture you showed. I want to say it burned in 1904? Have a good week guys!

[@bartoncarlin3245]

I'm glad i live in Massachusetts. It's the sanest place in the country right now.

[@darlenekozlovskis6907]

Hahahahaahaha, ya right.... Not quite.

[@greenwich1754]

The first stop you made (the wooden structure) is a deer checking station when they have their limited hunt in early December. This also was at the site of the former Monroe Berry home. The big cellar hole you looked at was more than likely the barn foundation for the Dana Town Poor farm, Last owned by George Carter. The small cellar hole (10'x10' or so) is unknown, and predates any map. It may have been associated with the McMaster homesite across the street. I may have my bearings messed up, as your video shows the big foundation first, and the small cellar hole next, and on the walk in, the small cellar hole is first. You mis spoke at the common as to the dates of the town - 1801 to 1838, but I knew what you meant. What is more annoying is the plaque on the rock stating Dana from 1763 to 1938. Where they got 1763 from, I will never know. It was incorporated in 1801, and was not a parish of another town, like Enfield and Prescott were (South Parish of Greenwich, 1787 - eventually became Enfield, and East Parish of Pelham, 1786, which eventually became Prescott). All the rules and can not do's are because it is a public water supply, but yeah, it is a bit over done!

[@rogerdempsey7227]

Awesome story it's sad that it happened but that's how things in history just fade away guys they blessed

[@SamBanasProductions]

I believe that brown building in the beginning is a deer hunting check-in station!

[@rashakawa]

Roland Doubleday!!! Got to be the best name I've heard in a long time!!!

[@steveclark4291]

Did they move the buildings or just tear them down or burn them like Digger Dame said ? It is a really sad day that they had leave their homes and jobs to move somewhere else ! Thank you for the adventure and sad history of a town and the people having to leave a place they loved and cared about !

[@ricevillage]

Some torn down, some moved, none burned to my knowledge.

[@jarroddurant2407]

Who decides what people just breaks my heart people how it was back then

[@richardwarnock2789]

Abner Doubleday maybe Charlie!?, Dame has it right go where the history is pickable!!!

[@mandymoore5774]

WOW! I’ve lived in New England my entire life 42 years never heard of a Dana Massachusetts.

[@bigmike1094]

This was fun, thanks!

[@lesahanners5057]

That list reminds me of the charter for Massachusetts Bay Colony...ha ha ha...it also had a list of, "Thou shalt not's", a mile long. The government has historically done this all over the country. My grt. grandparents lost their home in Oklahoma during the depression, to the very same thing, and they didn't get paid squat by the government. In those days the government could just condemn your land and take it for what it considered the greater good. My grt. grandparents came out to Washington state in the late 1930's because they lost everything. They put what they could in a Model T Ford and left. When I was a kid I went to see a ghost town that happened because of the Grand Coulee Dam project on the Columbia river in Washington. You could see the foundations in the water and even some of the houses partly sticking up. It made me very sad to see it and I always wondered what became of the people?! Sometimes the government took people's land for other reasons too. In 1856 the government took my 4th grt. grandfathers donation land claim of 640 acre's, plus his entire communities land, and turned it into the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, in Grand Ronde, Oregon. It not only took away white settlers who had been there since 1846, that had orchards, wheat fields, homes, a hospital, churches, and schools. It also took away the land that belonged to the local Indians, that were friendly to the whites, and had been there for eons. Our government placed upon their land instead, Indians from the Rogue River area of Southern Oregon, who were hostile to the whites and the local tribes. This was no boon to the Rogue River Indians, who were from the hot dry climate of southern Oregon, and could not deal with the cold damp of the northern Oregon coastal mountains. They got sick and a lot of them died. The history of this reservation and the people it displaced, has been all but forgotten today, and is a case in point of our government run amok. Today there is still the small town of Grand Ronde, a big casino is run there by a few tribal remnants, and there also remains of old Fort Yamhill, which guarded the Indians and the mountain paths to the coast. However, the history on both sides has been carefully edited, so that the general public knows next to nothing about what really happened. It is a sad commentary that no one now wants to hear. So the, "History" that replaced the truth, has become the facts today. Thanks so much guys, tho this walk may have been tame to you, it shared a subject not often thought about, and gave us a brief moment to see a place others have long forgotten. You always bring such interesting content to us, it really gives us food for thought. Have a great Not Thursday!

[@nicolassandoval6170]

Awesome video. Can’t do all that stuff because it is drinking water and soil leeches easily around here.

[@165alice1002]

I really enjoyed This . the town that I lived in until I was 8 years old , Kinzua Pa. , was Destroyed to make way for a flood control dam. The government took all the privately owned land surrounding the lake formed by the damn so there is no sign of the town of Kinzua to be seen This brought back memory's of it to me. Thanks. Ps the land surrounding the lake is national forest so NO metal detecting.

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

I think from now on out the rule committees that come up with these rules has to spend one day doing each and everything they ban with a group or club that enjoys each thing on the list. They say no without research or knowledge and most just look up someone else's rules, add a few more and post it. I would think that for each item they could say Permit Required. That way you could allow the activity. The permit holders will respect the area and also help keep an eye on the whole area. Thanks for sharing, GL, HH and take care.

[@rondathiesen9317]

Dame"4 seasons"! 😂😂 Its a cool place, but to bad you can't dig!! Would have been interesting to see what would be found!! Still very cool!! Have a diggin great week!!😊😊😊😁😁

[@scottbungay5351]

great video, i know at least three 10x10 holes in NH

[@adams1870]

Hey from NH guys..why I’m glad we live north of MA

[@ethancole6795]

i could have shown you guys a few pretty neat things set back off the paved roads here....

[@dryheat85255]

Don't know the specifics, but I believe large tracts of land were evacuated because they were in the Quabbin watershed and it was important to keep the Quabbin water supply as clean as possible. If you look at a map you will see that large tracts of undeveloped land in Petersham, Hardwick, Belchertown, etc. were also set aside as undeveloped watershed to preserve water quality.

[@rosiegill577]

Rollin Nehemiah Doubleday was born on Feb 02, 1858 and died on Feb 01, 1931 of a heart attack. First wife was Anna Coolridge and they married in 1879 and had 3 children. Anna died in 1907 of cancer . Rollin remarried a much younger (12 years younger) Emma Flint in 1910 and had no children with her.

[@AmericanSurvival]

Doubleday sounds familiar because it is an old book publishing company. I have a few.. So sad at the loss of such a historic site.. Be safe..

[@roberttradd1224]

Great video . Just came across this one question did they actually remove the cemetery and people buried there

[@daviddrinkwine5029]

Hey my uncle lives by the quabbin and I dont live too far. I never knew that was there. I should take my kids

[@ricevillage]

Gate 40.

[@BigEdsGuns]

The towns Dana, Greenwich, Prescott and Enfield were all sacrificed for the Quabbin. (Your welcome Boston) If you ever fish the Quabbin via boat you can still see the roads that just enter the water. I once did a renovation in South Deerfield that had an addition "added on" from a reclaimed home from one of the towns. It was rumored to be Dana, but I cannot confirm it. A lot of hand hewn beams, mostly Chestnut. There is also an F-94 plane crash in 1955. Wreckage is still there. Giggle it, to see pics...

[@funny_guy0]

There is a flooded town in missipi its called coldwater if u take a dirt road to it you'll se ruins

[@georgewilson9121]

my grandfathers barn had a larger but square silo that was built into the ground in medfield mass they used to fork everything out now the silos are cylindrical and have some sort of belt that feeds at the top that saves a lot of work as the cows are fed late into feb the sylage is still at ground, level then there silage level would drop below ground level having to be forked out of the hole

[@willisleonard2135]

You guys need to search the plane crash near there. It was an all aluminum plane that is still there....very cool experience...

[@jimgriffiths9071]

I think you were thinking Abner Doubleday, Charlie. Legend has it he invented baseball, (not true) but he was a great civil war patriot, and he did enjoy baseball!

[@charris-gendron8878]

History. Formed from parts of Petersham, Greenwich, and Hardwick, it was incorporated in 1801. The town was named for Massachusetts statesman Francis Dana. The town was disincorporated on April 28, 1938, as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir.

[@143DREWID]

Hey, great prep for approaching Greatest Depression. I already see MANY abandoned homes when I travel away from the Boomer infested coastline. Many of them looking architecturally similar to photos you shared. Cognitive dissonance will not procure reality, only shock when it arrives hence.

[@pjmcduffie2552]

I saw at least two other people in the video .. must be a popular place to walk or ride a bike..

[@rhondawithington3682]

Nice

[@danssmokintreasures]

Would love to break out the detector at that location.

[@TT-hi1qv]

Illegal!

[@rodmunch4879]

Do it. Whose gonna stop you. Except maybe TT the human buzzkill.

[@jarroddurant2407]

I'm from Massachusetts Canton ma this is cool had no idea

[@ralphwhittemore5041]

Who maintains this town? Looks like an awesome place. Wish you could use it for more recreation. Love these kind of places.

[@dominiquecook6111]

I live an hour away and never heard of this town smh...

[@EpicLord_9877]

Im watching this on a thursday

[@peterrobino9383]

Welcome to BIG government Massachusetts. They have tight reins on everything. Mass is not a metal detecting friendly state.

[@donfulton5765]

Hasn't changed at all and they [Pilgrims ] even elected a white Indian to office, Elizabeth Warren and the great Left Wing Socialist Party.

[@drevil7223]

You're not allowed to metal detect in Ma? I used to see people on the beach do it all the time.

[@laurenm6511]

@@donfulton5765 shut the fuck up idiot

[@donfulton5765]

@@laurenm6511 Liberal BITCH I suppose. Suck it up if you can't read a comment without placing a sleazy reply. Glad EW dropped out of the race with her fake news.

[@ljb8157]

@@donfulton5765 I'm with you...fauxahontas sucks

[@jonahpinx]

The town of Dana even though it did not get flooded wad because every reservoir needs to have a pristine area of land surrounding it to keep the water as fresh and uncontaminated as possible. The project cleared over 80,000 acres and the Res is only 25,000 acres making the surrounding 55,000 acres Watershed lands. A lot of the people from those towns that were flooded ended up working on the project as well as a way to stay a float during the depression.

[@allenroach7503]

So where is the town dump? That might be available for site finding!

[@mezellenjohnson2753]

I can't understand why the town was emptied when it's so far away from the reservoir? The neigbourhood was settled but it was all destroyed, totally. Then there is all those rules, I wonder what pomposity decided on all of them? Go bushwacking and you are more ot less free and the time and the miles go faster with far more enjoyment lol. It was good to see what they did back in the day but I got the impression that you both won't be going back there in a hurry. Take care my friends, good luck and have some happy bushwacking lol. Mary-Ellen LFOD

[@mezellenjohnson2753]

@@Captain_Quint25 thank you so much for taking the time to explain this to me, I really appreciate knowing the reasons. Take care and stay safe please Mary-Ellen UK

[@mezellenjohnson2753]

@@Captain_Quint25 We live in the East, on the coast on a farm just outside the town of Brightlingsea which is between Colchester and Clacton on Sea. I love history and being bedridden now and in my later years I watch certain videos on KZbin, I have seen all the SD and NT videos, many of the SD videos more than once lol. The area we live in is very historic and at the other end of the town is another area of land that has iron age and Roman remains and about half a mile away is land that is protected as it is the land the Medieval village was on and next to an extremely old church. Opposite and down the road a little is a Medieval gateway that is also under protection, its amazing that I used to walk down a Medieval cart road to collect my boys from a pond they used to fish in. We live in a cottage that was built in 1820 and there is a very old wooden barn nearby that no-one is sure how old it is. Thank you for helping me as I love watching the Stealth Diggers for their love of history and their respect for the history of the area they live in. I must take my painkillers now so farewell and take care, God bless you Mary-Ellen UK LFOD

[@moushunter]

You should see the restrictions on everything in Massachusetts. It truly is the "STATE OF OPPRESSION." Can't have batons, sling shots, butterfly knives, double edged knives, cigarette lighters that look like anything that isn't a cigarette lighter, strike anywhere matches, any individual component of ammunition without a license to carry firearms (so no spent brass or empty shotshells in your trash if you carry out junk during your hike) no lead fishing weights or lures under 1 oz ( I haven't fished in years since that made most of my tackle boxes illegal)...the list of banned or restricted items is vast and comprehensive. When you drive into Massachusetts you can feel the oppression envelop you as you drive over the state line like a pair of ogre mitts throttling your neck. People ask where do you ride your motorcycles in Massachusetts and the common answer is any road that leads to New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, or Connecticut. Metal detecting is a nightmare too. What little public land there is is off limits. It got so bad with the environmental police coming to investigate nearly every shot during hunting season that I've given up hunting.

[@adventureguy4119]

Move out of that communist wasteland

[@danafredrickson42]

sounds like a good town lol (thats my name btw)maybe that was a stagecoach stop to pick up people just kept up

[@t.s.butler191]

A solemn lonely hike, the ghosts wanderin', wanderin,...

[@wgrillojr]

Have u ever researched the meaning of the last names of the property owners? After hearing that a cartwright is a person who repairs carts Ive been curious if settlers took on the last name of their trade to push themselves further from their original heritage and if that will give more of a clue to what some relics are that are found at some sites.

[@zackdonato8728]

Wow

[@sheilahalper7428]

Loved the video. BTW, the town is pronounced "Peter sham" the "h" is silent

[@normawinton6832]

Oh how sad! What a beautiful town it was until the floods! Very depressing for the people that lived there. Wheres the cemetery?

[@Jeeppeeps]

I live in between Maine and Mass and spend a TON of time in NH. In NH due to its "free state" nature there def more laid back about certain things i do A TON of jeeping on Class 6 roads in NH and i don't see how that could ever fly in mass but then again i found a bunch in western mass. It's really all about the places you go. A lot of stuff in MA is historical places that they try to conserve the best they can. there are a lot more people in MA then NH and becasue of that more idiots. So to deter idiocy there need to be more rules. Maine is pretty laid back too about certain things then other things (EX: you cannot bring any firewood to maine. You can only burn maine firewood due to the possibilites of bugs etc, but i doubt the bugs in MA or NH are any different than the ones in maine seems pretty dumb) great video though i wanna check this place out in the spring...

[@adrianogold]

Valeu amigo tamo junto irmão

[@sticks0012]

Abner Doubleday fired the first shot of the civil war at fort sumter.Also was at Gettysburg.

[@lucyfuir6386]

And supposedly invented baseball

[@stevemahoney6493]

Been disproved he invented baseball.

[@lucyfuir6386]

@@stevemahoney6493 hence the supposedly

[@cashenjoe1]

Been there a million times. I have all the books about the area. You guys were close to the bomber wreckage! Wendell Farnsworth is the only dead kid left in the area and you were fairly close to his tombstone. Why they left his grave alone is still a mystery. If you want a proper tour of the area and have a whole day... let me know. I have photos of all of the towns when they were still alive and thriving!

[@crorivpro]

Welcome to Massachusetts Where nothing is legal.

[@joseleswopes1400]

Double Day as in Baseball 🙌

[@tinman7130]

was there any remains? can you do anything beside hike? no ahh but good thing you checked.

[@janas7088]

Wow. All that history just lost forever. Hopefully they will wake up and let some one metal detect it at some point. Sound like Memorial Park in Houston. They put a parking lot on top of where troops used to camp.

[@raymondbergeron2853]

They did the same thing in Scituate, Rhode Island for the city of Providence, but they raised 5 towns most likely around the same time and probably paid for by the WPA of Roosevelt's New Deal program.

[@tshombecore9516]

From my understanding this was a Black town and thats why it was flooded along with enfield and greenwhich. This also happened in NY, central park was also a Black town that the people were pushed out to build parks,lakes highways run through etc.

[@TrooperBri]

This vid was rollin' doubleday fo' sho'.

[@WizzardofOdds]

Did it mention if dowsing was allowed, you can find treasure that way if you know how.

[@ricevillage]

According to the state archaeologist and the MDC, no dowsing is allowed. I'm closely involved with both so I'm ahead of you. And, yes, I know how to dowse.