A Ghost Town- Grafton, Utah

We went on a fun adventure last week. Matt and Dallas wanted to go and talk to a "treasure hunter" near the entrance to Zion's. The guy wasn't there and so we went exploring and ran into this great place! Grafton. It is an old "ghost town" in Southern Utah. It was founded in 1858. The first place we found was the old cemetery. The cemetery was all southern Utah red dirt. The graves were all mounded and some had headstones. In 1862 (4 years after it was founded)the town lost 13 citizens from illness, accidents and being killed by Indians. It is a beautiful cemetery and so peaceful. Some of the buildings have been restored. The old church in the collage was used in the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". It is in the scene where Paul Newman is riding the bike with Catherine Ross. The little houses are really charming and you can just imagine real people living there and having their little families. It was so fun! Hal and I adopted the little house we are standing in front of. It is just the "cottage" I want in the back yard! Such a fun adventure! We loved it!

Then it was off to Colorado City... just wanted to check it out! ... Very interesting. Not somewhere I would want to live or even visit! Fun to see...not to stay! (hee hee)