ALIAS-DESERT STEVE Founded Desert Center, California in 1921 along then US 60, now I- 10. A real desert rat and eccentric. He ran a cafe,hotel,pool and post office and advertised "No drunks, no dogs. We prefer dogs!" Also he wrote poetry called " Spasms" and cofounded the annual Peg Leg Smith liar's contest in Anza Borrego. He originally wanted to be "planted" in Desert Center and even erected his own marker and dug his own grave. Instead he left Desert Center in 1950 and retreated to his log cabin on Mount Santa Rosa where he lived until he died in 1971.
ALIAS-DESERT STEVE Founded Desert Center, California in 1921 along then US 60, now I- 10. A real desert rat and eccentric. He ran a cafe,hotel,pool and post office and advertised "No drunks, no dogs. We prefer dogs!" Also he wrote poetry called " Spasms" and cofounded the annual Peg Leg Smith liar's contest in Anza Borrego. He originally wanted to be "planted" in Desert Center and even erected his own marker and dug his own grave. Instead he left Desert Center in 1950 and retreated to his log cabin on Mount Santa Rosa where he lived until he died in 1971.
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