Lakeland park once envisioned as Disneyland of the Mid-South
A line to the Sky Ride at the Lakeland Amusement Park. (Courtesy Chip Averwater)
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.
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Michael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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