| | Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Scenic small town provides rural getaway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Tucked into the state's wild middle, Petersham is a place where people have long sought solace in nature -- from the shadow of an eagle crossing the autumn sky to the tumbling waters of a trout stream. |
 | | Her family was among those that came to Petersham after the neighboring towns of Dana, Prescott, Greenwich and Enfield were drowned in the 1930s when the Swift River was dammed to form the Quabbin Reservoir. |
 | | Nearly three-quarters of Petersham is now owned by the state, Harvard University or conservation groups, including the Quabbin watershed, two state forests, Harvard's sprawling research forest, and tracts owned by the Trustees of Reservations, the Massachusetts Audubon Society and other land trusts. |
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