San Rafael Swell
Rock Art:
Matt Warner Inscription
This page contains a discussion of the rock art found on the Matt Warner Inscription Panel within the San Rafael Swell in Utah. All photographs are from our our personal collection. If you'd like to see more rock art from this location, or if you'd like to see higher resolution or larger images, send us an e-mail message and we'll see what we can do.
Above a sandstone ledge along, about 40 feet above the Buckhorn Wash Road, is the Matt Warner Inscription , dated February 17, 1920. Matt was a very colorful outlaw that operated (on occasion with Butch Cassidy) from New Mexico to Washington State for over 18 years. During that period he frequented the nearby town of Green River, operating a saloon and brothel there. After his arrest and three year incarceration in the Utah State Prison he was released and led a much more wholesome life, eventually becoming a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Marshall in Price, Utah. He died in 1938.
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MW001: The graffiti reads, "Mat Warner, Feb 17, 1920." |
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MW002: The graffiti reads, "Clint Mecham, May 19, 1961, Vernal, Utah." |
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MW003: This image shows a steer with a prominent brad, as well as another brand displayed above the bovine. |
