Grafton Ghost Town #1
by Wendy Elliott
Title
Grafton Ghost Town #1
Artist
Wendy Elliott
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Photograph - Photograph
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Grafton Ghost Town, A National Register Historic Site. Settled in 1859 by 5 families sent by Brigham Young to plant crops (cotton), dig irrigation ditches and build homes. Floods and Navajo attacks conributed to Grafton becoming a ghost town in the early years. In 1896 Utah became a US State and Grafton bustled again until 1906 when the building of a canal to divert water 20 miles upstream caused most residents to relocate, and Grafton gradually became a ghost town for the second time...and so it remains. The Grafton Heritage Partnership Project is dedicated to preservation of the historic Grafton townsite.
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December 8th, 2013
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Comments (2)
Sue Smith
Nice capture, Wendy! Here you are in my state and I had never heard of Grafton! Looks like I need to get out more! ;-)
Wendy Elliott replied:
Grafton is just on the other side of Zion, not far! There are only a few buildings but they are working hard to preserve them and stop vandalism.Thanks for your comments!
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