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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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CapeCentralHigh.Com Needs a Business Staff

1965 Tiger Business Staff I need some good contacts

CapeCentralHigh.Com needs a business staff like The Tiger and The Girardot had in the Good Old Days. Well, maybe not a staff exactly like then, but some of you who have contacts who might like to purchase an ad or sponsorship on this [...]

Washington School Crowns Queen and King (I think)

There’s been a lot of discussion about the razing of Washington School. Sometime in 1963, I shot these pictures of some kind of ceremony at the school. I’ll have to let one of you tell me what it was. A quick search of The Missourian’s archives came up dry.

Charles Dockins, 12, Rescued 2 Girls 50 Years Ago

Bill East sent me a clipping from The Southeast Missourian’s Out of the Past column Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010.

50 years ago: Feb. 20, 1960

A tour south, having traveled some 5,000 miles since leaving on Jan. 27, was completed by Mr. and Mrs. L.V. Steinhoff and sons, Kenny, David and [...]