There are 3 article(s) tagged Lakeland amusement park:

• May 2025

  • Bailey: From shoe stores to amusement parks to golf course, a tour of the suburbs

    A tour through the suburbs this week, checking on a shoe store closing, memories of the Lakeland Amusement Park and the question of Quail Ridge.

    By Clay Bailey May 02, 2025

• April 2025

  • Lakeland park once envisioned as Disneyland of the Mid-South

    Before Lakeland became a city in the late 1970s, the area north of Canada Road and Interstate 40 was an amusement park with hopes of becoming a Disneyland-type destination,

    By Michael Waddell April 27, 2025

• November 2023

  • Bailey: Reminiscing on Garner Lake and days of Lakeland past

    Growing up in the 1960s and ‘70s, Lakeland was a far-off destination with an amusement park and nearby drag strip.

    By Clay Bailey November 24, 2023