Michelle Leah’s son loves parks. The central Topeka mother is the exact demographic Family Park is trying to attract, but Leah said she might struggle to visit the park s proposed location.
She said she usually has transportation but doesn’t have a functioning car right now because it was totaled. Her limited access to a car would make it hard for her to get out to the proposed location of Family Park.
“It could be a challenge if the bus was the only form of transportation that someone was relying on,” she said. “It’s great if we are building a new park. I think transportation would be key.”
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More than 5,000 people flocked to Lake Shawnee when it opened for fishing on Sept. 3, 1939.
This week s History Guy video at CJOnline focuses on that lake at 3137 S.E. 29th, which the federal Works Progress Administration began working to create in 1935.
County park services director Randy Luebbe talks about the lake and its history in this week s History Guy podcast by Tim Hrenchir.
During its first two decades, Lake Shawnee was used primarily for fishing, swimming, boating and sailing.
In 1960, the Shawnee County Amateur Baseball Association was organized and began playing at diamonds located there.
The county in 1961 hired Ted Ensley as its park superintendent while arranging for Ensley and his family to live in a house on the lake s west side. The county that year also created a Lake Shawnee Junior just west of the lake.