We made a trip to Grafton yesterday, a ghost town near Zion National Park with some neat old buildings. It was founded by Mormon pioneers sent by Brigham Young to try and start up a cotton trade. The town scratched out an existence, but never really prospered.
There are some beautiful fields surrounding the area with cows grazing. The settlers there were plagued by regular floods and insufficient farmable land to sustain their needs. Once a canal was built to irrigate the land down in Hurricane, the majority of them left. The last resident left in 1945.
The buildings fell into disrepair, but have mostly been restored over the past few years. If you are ever at Zion, it is worth the short drive off the highway to see.
5 comments:
I love Grafton! Well...at least I did when I was 12ish and we went there. :) Pretty pics. Whatcha doing in St. George? Did you come to get ready for our Jetette Reunion entertainment? I'm still counting on you.
Love the pictures! You should make the available large enough I could use some as my wallpaper. Interfacelift.com has some great wallpapers and I can totally see these being uploaded there.
Next time we go to St. George, we're going to stop here!
What?! You are here? For how long? Are you coming this way? Love to see you if you can fit it in...but I understand how these trips go. Those photos of Grafton are amazing!!! We went years ago but it was on our list the last time we were down there. Didn't get around to it.
Wow. Those pics are beautiful.
Mic, did you take those pictures? Wow, they are beautiful.
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