She was called the “Hopping Kate” because the steamboat Kate Adams set speed records — for example, 5 hours 18 1/2 minutes from Helena to Memphis in 1883. She lasted only six years, burning at Commerce Landing 40 miles below Memphis in 1888. Her usual trade route was from Arkansas City to Memphis; she made 602 trips in her brief lifespan. The photo is from the Old Court House Museum collection.

Historic photos taken in and around Vicksburg are featured on Sundays in The Vicksburg Post. Many of the photos are from the J. Mack Moore Collection at the Old Court House Museum. Though not all photos were taken by Mr. Moore, they are part of the collection given to the museum by longtime Vicksburg Post managing editor Charles J. Faulk. Appropriate photos from the public will also be accepted and published. To submit a photo, contact Karen Gamble at 636-4545.