Summit Street Bridge

Returning to the subject of fishing in the small lagoon at Miller Park Lake, the above photograph is a period postcard picture of the lagoon from the road near the north bank looking east toward Summit Street. The Monkey Island would have been just off camera view to the right or south. Summit Street is the bridge that is seen in the background. Immediately across Summit Street is the empty lot, or simply – the lot. South on Summit Street would lead to the tennis courts on the west side. In the trees near the tennis courts were two small cement ponds referred to as the “Lily Pond.” The ponds were full of volleyball-sized rocks. Among these rocks were scores of minnows, tadpoles, and frogs. Some crawdads could be seen but so many more crawdads were available in the Miller Park Lake that no one took them from Lily Pond.