Dana is a former town in Massachusetts. It was disincorporated on April 28, 1938, as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. Upon disincorporation, the town was annexed to the adjacent town of Petersham. The majority 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 remained. Unlike Prescott, the public is allowed to visit the former town of Dana.
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Pictures of Dana, Massachusetts (http://www.the-spa.com/nomortal/dana.htm)
Dana was at one time during the ante-Revolutionary crisis a representative from Boston in the assembly, but he generally declined office, devoting himself exclusively to his profession, except when the call of patriotism impelled him to take a public stand in the cause of liberty.
In November 1776, he was chosen a delegate from Massachusetts to the continental congress, and took part in framing the articles of confederation, and was again sent to the congress of 1778, and made chairman of the committee charged with the reorganization of the army.
Dana was a representative of the best culture of his native state, and had acquired a permanent reputation on both sides of the Atlantic.
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