Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

It’s been a while since we had a question for Ask a Tampan, but we have one today. Sharon Trussel sent us an email, and she is looking for a park with fish ponds.

Ok let’s see if I can jog the memory of some Tampa people.

I am looking for the name or location of a park in the Tampa area from the late 60’s to very early 70’s.

I remember as a small child being at a picnic or gathering at a park on the Hillsborough River. Very possibly could have been a cook out for the American Legion. Anyway, the park had these small round raised stone ponds with troughs running between them. I can remember to this day being totally fascinated by the ponds and the little fish in them. But I cannot remember exactly where I was. Does anyone have a clue what park I was at?

I know that Kiley Park in downtown Tampa had raised troughs with running water, but I don’t recall any fish being inside them. Not to mention that Kiley Park did not exist as that in the early 1970’s…

It sounds like something that may have been at Lowry Park. Do any of you have any ideas?

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