Went the original settlers of Grafton, Utah first set eyes on the futile valley along the Rio Virgin river, it must have seemed like paradise back in 1861. Green meadows of tall grass among the barren desert.
But it took less than a year for the settlers to find out how tricky and cruel Mother Nature can be. The Great Flood of 1862 washed the town away and the settlers had to rebuild on higher ground.
Flash floods are common is this area of canyons and hard surfaces. When it does rain, the water has nowhere to go except into the narrow canyons where it quickly fills and flushes out anything in its path.
The people of Grafton eventually grew tired of the lack of water when it was needed and too much water when they didn’t. Tensions with the local Native American’s also made for an irritating existence. Most of these original Mormon settlers packed up and moved to Hurricane after living in Grafton for only a decade.
Today Grafton is a ghost town, just 10 km south of Zion National Park and is said to be the most photographed ghost town in the West, it has been featured as a location in several films, including 1929’s In Old Arizona and the classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Sunset Grafton Ghost Town 
Sunset Grafton Ghost Town Canvas Print 
Log Barns Grafton Ghost Town https://edward-fielding.pixels.com/featured/log-barns-grafton-ghost-town-edward-fielding.html 
Chair by the window – abandoned home in Grafton Ghost Town, Rockville, Utah 
Map of Former and Present Buildings in the Grafton Ghost Town
