Day 2 - Grafton, Ghost Town

So the next day, we headed out to see some cool places around Cedar City. Our first stop was Grafton, Utah a ghost town near Rockville, Utah.

Apparently they have had a lot of vandalism because to get to Grafton, you have to go past 3 cameras.

Here's a description of the town by Bob Bezzant:
Grafton was first settled in 1859 one mile below its present town site. In January of 1862 the town was completely washed away by a flood. The people rebuilt the town a mile further up stream at its present site. By 1864 about 28 families lived here. There were many log houses, a post office, church, school and community hall. The town was deserted in 1866 due to Indian attacks. The people moved back in 1868. By 1920 only 3 families still lived here. Grafton has had parts of several movies shot here. One movie that was partly shot here was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

(Sarah and Lynn are seen checking out some dead people).

We then went down to the actual town. It was actually the day the SUPs or Sons of the Utah Pioneers were having a field trip down in Grafton. Someone had just written a history about the town, so there were several visitors. We got to talk to some of them a little later and they told us about what it was like to grow up in the remnants of the old town.

Here's a group shot of us in front of one of the old homes (Sarah, Alexis, Danielle, Mark & Lynn). And here is a self-portrait in front of the old school house.