Adventure was an early settlement in Washington County , Utah , United States , established in 1860 by Philip Klingensmith and five other people from Iron County . They formed a small settlement as part of the cotton growing colony in the area , at a place a couple of miles up the Virgin River from Grafton . Adventure was destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862 and the settlers moved to settle on some nearby land with more space for growth and above the river floods , in what is now Rockville
Great Flood of 1862
Great Flood of 1862
Adventure, Utah