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Show This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. Grafton Heritage Partnership Project Bringing historic and landscape preservation together T he Partnership's purpose is to preserve and enhance the outstanding historical, agricultural, scenic, riparian and cultural values of the Grafton historic townsite for the benefit of present and future generations. The Partnership is a cooperative nonprofit governed by a Board of Trustees selected from participating organizations and families . The Partnership unites the interests of private landowners and community groups as well as federal, state and local governments to protect and maintain the Grafton Townsite. Goals Stabilize and restore Grafton's historic structures Preserve the scenic rural historic landscape Preserve agricultural practices in pasture areas Preserve the Virgin River floodplain Completed Projects Restored Grafton Schoolhouse/Church • Restored Russell Home exterior • Restored Louisa Russell log cabin • Purchased 150 acres in the Grafton area Obtained agricultural, historic and riparian conservation easements • Restored historic fencing around Berry grave site • Established interpretive signage and brochure In Progress • Nominate the Grafton Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places Proposed Projects • Restore Russell Home interior • Re-fence the Grafton cemetery Document cemetery headstones • Research and create Grafton Cemetery brochure • Maintain agricultural operations • Maintain Virgin River floodplain A former Grafton resident speaks: "The Grafton school/church building was built in 1886 by the dedicated people in this small town to meet their needfor a school and church building and GRAFTON, to use for social events. It shows what cooperation and togetherness can accomplish through donated labor and materials. I think it is symbolic in a larger N sense ofthe faith, determination and perseverance of W~E those who came and built. Integrity w as basic to all their words and actions. " S -LUWAYNE WOOD The Partnership is preserving traces of our past to honof early setters' hard work, and remind us and our children who we are and where we came from. Please support our Grafton preservation effort by making a tax-deductible donation to the Partnership: PARTNERS Private Landowners Town of Rockville Rockville I Iistoric Commission Washington County Bureau of Land Management Utah D epartment of Agriculture Grand Canyon Trust Virgin River Land Trust Utah Qyality Growth Commission Attiyeh Foundation George and D elores Dore Eccles Foundation Simmolls Family Foundation Katherine W. Dumke and Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Foundation Dr. Ezekiel R. and Edna Wattis Dumke Foundation R. Harold Burton Foundation OC Tanner Company Utah Division of State History National Trust for Historic Preservation Zion National Park RECIPIENT 1999 Rural Heritage Award 2000 Utah Heritage Foundation Award 2001 Utah IIeritage Foundation Certificate of Recognition This publication has been funded with the assistance of a matching grant-in-aid iYom the UTAH DIVISION OF STATE HISTORY and the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. Regulations of the U.S. Department of the Interior strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, colof, national origin, age, or handicap. Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility operated by a recipient ofFecleral assistance should write to: Equal O pportunity Proh'Tam, U.S. Dept. of tht: Interior, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, D.C. .... .. : ..... . ..•.• •• . . . • •••.•••.. ' *** Movies Shot in Grafton • In Old Arizona, 1929 (First talkie filmed outdoors). Starring '"Varner Baxter (who won the Academy Award for this role as the Cisco Kid), Raoul Walsh, Edmund Lowe and Dorothy Burgess. • The Arizona Kid, 1930. Warner Baxter, Carole Lombard, Theodore von Eltz, Hank Mann. • Ramrod, 1947. Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Preston Foster, Lloyd Bridges. • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969. Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katherine Ross (won four Academy Awards). • Child Bride of Short Creek, 1981, TV. Diane Lane, Helen Hunt, Christopher Atkins, Conrad Bain. • The Red Fury, 1984. Wendy Lynne, Calvin Bartlett, Katherine C annon,Juan Gonzales. * * * 10 13 -* * • 14 11 * * * 15 12 * 20 * RESPECT PRIVATE PROPERTY 21 .. 25 * ****** G * - 16 17 e* (D 26 13 Barn 14 Alonzo Russell Jr. home 15 Blacksmith shop 16 Sarah Hastings home 17 Original John Wood home 18 John Wood home 19 Barn 20 George H. vVood home 21 Ambrose Stanwor th home 22 Schoolhouse/Church 23 Molasses mill 24 Alonzo H. Russell home 25 26 Old log school Home constructed for Butch film 27 John and Thad Ballard 28 29 30 31 32 33 home Louisa Russell home Samuel Stanworth home J. N . Stallworth home James Ballard home John Wood Jr. home Sorghum mill' I: I' H: 30 31 • 32 33 • Cassidy mid the Sundance Kid 29 * LEGEND TO GRAFTON STRUCTURES PAST AND PRESENT Ed and Charles Jones home 2 Ed and Charles Jones home 3 Ed and Charles Jones home 4 Albert Russell home 5 Will Isom home 6 Frank Russell home 7 Alton Jones home 8 Dave Ballard bam 9 Dave Ballard home 10 Tithing house 11 Dan Morris home 12 Edward Ballard home 27 KEY Past strucrures Existing structures |
