Between last Christmas and New Year’s Day John, Heather and
I took a short vacation to exotic Hurricane Utah. We caught some
after-Christmas sales at the outlet stores in St. George and Las Vegas and took
in a show at Brigham’s Playhouse in Washington, Utah. But I think the highlight
of the trip for all three of us was a visit to Grafton, Utah. Brigham Young
sent five families here in 1859 to grow cotton and build a community. The
Virgin River flooded them out three years later, but instead of giving up they
simply moved a mile upstream. In 1866 the Black Hawk War forced them to abandon
their homes for a short time. Without running water and electricity, Grafton’s
population gradually dwindled. The last residents left in 1944. Their
descendants still return for reunions, and it isn’t hard to see why. It’s one
of the most beautiful spots I’ve ever seen.
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