Grafton is a ghost town, just outside of Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah. The town was originally founded in 1859 as a cotton growing project ordered by the president of the Mormon Church at that time, Brigham Young.
Official Website: http://graftonheritage.org/
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Further Reading Suggestions:
- Ghost Towns of the Mountain West: Your Guide to the Hidden History and Old West Haunts
- True Tales and Amazing Legends of the Old West: From True West Magazine
- Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West – Hampton Sides
- Men to Match My Mountains: The Opening of the Far West 1840-1900 – Irving Stone