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Steve Perin
Steve Perin
Steve Perin

Steve Perin

1939 - 2012 Placitas, New Mexico
BiographyLongtime Placitas resident and artist, Steve Perin was born in 1939. He worked at various times as a scout, Philmont staff, worked for camp trails, started Ocaté Corp. (camping equipment) and the Adobe News, worked with Peter Van Dresser, and the Pratt Institute. As a community activist, he helped organize S.E.A.C., C.A.R.D., and F.O.P.E. He was an outdoorsman and a Southwest forestry workers’ co-op member. He traveled with the Grateful Dead. He was a New Mexican artist, philosopher, poet, and history buff.
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