Kate Adams (Packet, 1888-1898)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard, 1888
• BECAME: Dewey
• OWNERS: Memphis and Arkansas City Packet Company; Chalmette Packet Company (September 1898)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Mark E. Cheek (master, 1888-October 1896); Captain Thomas B. Good (master, October 1896); Captain "Billy" Hodge (master, March 1898)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3216; Original price $48,000, home port or owner's residence circa 1889 was Memphis, Tennessee; ran Memphis, Tennessee-Arkansas City, Arkansas trade; sold September 1898 and renamed Dewey