This weekend, we had the Adamses come visit. Good times! We went to Zion, saw lots of stuff there, and then headed over to Grafton, UT, in search of a grave. Grafton is a ghost town somewhat close to Rockville, and I found out just a few weeks ago that one of my ancestors is buried there. And so we went. And we found it!
Byram Lee Bybee was my great-great-great-grandfather. Cool, huh?
It was actually really cool to see the graveyard, there are a lot of old headstones, some of them you can't read at all. And some of the mounds don't even have a headstone, it's kind of sad. I was really grateful that someone had taken the time to make up a nice, new headstone for good old Byram.
And this is an old house in "town." They've got a restoration project going, they want to restore the town. I think that's great and all, but I just don't know how much sense it makes to rebuild this tiny town. But I do think it's important to remember our heritage, so I could get behind a compilation of Grafton's history. Anyway, it was a great experience. And a fun weekend overall.
Thanksgiving Week: Wednesday
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My grandparents have a house in La Verkin and when I was little we would go to Grafton almost every visit. There used to be a lot more there than there is now, but vandals have destroyed much of it. The schoolhouse and cemetary are still very interesting though.
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