Ghost Town Road

Road to Grafton Utah as seen from the Grafton Cemetery bluff. Walk up the hill behind the cemetery for this view.
Grafton was settled in December 1859 by a group of saints led by Nathan C. Tenny. Due to common floods & Indian attacks the farming town never flourished. Its population peaked in 1864 (164) and was abandoned by the 1930s when residents moved away to better land in Hurricane, 30 miles west. The town site is a few hundred meters beyond the cemetery - several large buildings including a 2-story private residence and a combined church-schoolhouse built in 1886. A few people continue to live in other houses in the neighborhood, and some parts of the former village are fenced off yet the site is still quite atmospheric and authentic, with peaceful surroundings and with the high, colorful cliffs of the National Park providing a dramatic backdrop to the north.

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Many movies were filmed at this location including Butch Cassdy and the Sundance Kid.

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