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One of the ways that some of the people who used to live in
the valley return to their lost homes is to, literally, return
to their lost homes. Among the more surprising things I heard
in reporting this story was the fact that a lot of the land that
was cleared to build the reservoir is still above water.
The state had to clear it anyway to avoid any pollution coming
from homes or buildings from leaching into the water supply. The
unintended consequence of this is that some people who lived in
such towns as Dana can actually go back and look down into their
old cellar hole. And they do.
Every year there's a kind of hajj back to Dana Common. In July
of 2003 I tagged along and saw a lot more than I expected to.
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The Dana Common as it is today.
Credit: Sean Cole
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