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Cape Central High Photos

Ken Steinhoff, Cape Girardeau Central High School Class of 1965, was a photographer for The Tiger and The Girardot, and was on the staff of The Capaha Arrow and The Sagamore at Southeast Missouri State University. He worked as a photographer / reporter (among other things) at The Jackson Pioneer and The Southeast Missourian.

Come here to see photos and read stories (mostly true) about coming of age in Southeast Missouri in the 1960s.

Please comment on the articles when you see I have left out a bit of history, forgotten a name or when your memory of a circumstance conflicts with mine. (My mother says her stories have improved now that more and more of the folks who could contradict her have died off.) Your information helps to make this a wonderful archive and may end up in book form.





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Before the Presses Quit Turning

When I was a kid growing up in Cape, it wasn’t uncommon for folks to gather on the sidewalk on the east side of The Southeast Missourian to watch the press in operation. There is something magical about The Big Iron rumbling away, pulling paper off huge rolls that weigh almost as much as [...]

Circus Elephant Comes to Town Plaza Shopping Center

If  you needed any evidence that Cape Girardeau’s shopping district was moving west and away from the Main Street / Downtown area, look at Fred Lynch’s F/8 and Be There Blog with Frony’s picture of Santa arriving by helicopter at the Town Plaza.

I took these pictures of a circus elephant at the shopping [...]

Class of 66 at 2005 Reunion

I accompanied my wife, Lila Perry Steinhoff (66) (that’s CLASS of 66, not her age) to the Class of 66 breakfast. Here’s a gallery of photos from that morning.

(Click on an image to make it larger. Move through the photos by clicking on the left or ride side of the image.)

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