Matt Warner left home in 1879 at age 15, thinking he had killed a rival in a fight over a girl. He lived his early life on the outlaw trail as a bandit and rustler and was sent to prison on Sept. 21, 1896. He was pardoned by Governor Wells on Jan. 21, 1900. He settled in Price and spent his remaining 38 years as a productive member of society, serving as deputy sheriff, justice of the peace, detective, and night policeman. In 1912 he ran for sheriff but was defeated because he ran under his real name, Willard Christiansen, and nobody knew who that was. He lived in this house until his death on Dec. 21, 1938.