Riverboats America and American Queen came yesterday with their passengers to tour our historic civil war town of Vicksburg, MS. I took this picture looking down from Washington Street with the riverboats moored behind The Old Depot Museum.
Another view of both riverboats from the top steps of the Jesse Brent Lower Mississippi River Museum. Later Amerca traveled northbound to Greenville while the grand American Queen travel southbound to Natchez and onto New Orleans, LA. The American Queen will return next Friday, April 19th for another full day of passengers touring our town. Tomorrow the American Duchess will be here with passengers and Sunday, America will return southbound.
The Pending Arrival
It looks like the riverboat business may be getting ready to pick up with the announcement from The Board of Mayor and Alderman yesterday signing a letter of intent with Viking USA to lease a section of the riverfront to the cruise line to dock its cruise boats. It may well be in the vicinity of where the two riverboats above are moored. The company expects the first boat in their fleet to be completed in 2021 and the second boat in 2023. This is a win-win situation for Vicksburg: The Key To The South!
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