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.

He was photo editor of The Ohio University Post in Athens, Ohio. He moved on to The Athens (OH) Messenger and The Gastonia (NC) Gazette. He worked as a staff photographer, director of photography, editorial operations manager and telecommunications manager at The Palm Beach (FL) Post between 1972 and 2008, when he retired.

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

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