The History of Knott's Berry Farm

The History of Knott's Berry Farm - "Town"

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By World War II, the Knott family had been running their berry farm for more than twenty years. The chicken dinner restaurant drew crowds of thousands, and in a attempt to divert the attention of waiting guests, Walter Knott began building a ghost town. What started as a handful of facades quickly grew, adding attractions, stores, another restaurant, and eventually into the Knott's Berry Farm theme park.
We owe an enormous thanks to the Orange County Archives, holders of the Knott's Berry Farm historical collection. Without their generosity and friendly assistance, we would not have access to many of the incredible historic images and videos in this series. In particular, Chris Jepsen was of vital importance. He selected many of the images in this series based on our storytelling needs, and his keen eye for quality, yet-to-be-published images made this series infinitely better. All the images he selected - more than we could fit in these episodes - are freely available to the public on the OCA Flickr account. He also runs a delightful and insightful local history blog, which we highly recommend. You can find it here: ochistorical.blogspot.com/
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@RedProg

Those were good times.

@eliassmeke3991

Finally in 1947 Knott’s Berry Place has been renamed to Knott’s Berry Farm

@eliassmeke3991

In 1948 Bottle House and Music Hall were added

@eliassmeke3991

While you’re making the history videos of Knott’s please 🙏 don’t forget for some additions ➕ including Independence Hall which was added in 1966 and the water 💦 park Knott’s Soak City (originally called Knott’s Soak City U.S.A.) which opened on June 17, 2000 ok 👍

@jimt9245

Excellent produced videos ... I find myself discovering more overseen artifacts when I go on return visits. The organic development of this park is fascinated. Ghost town is still my favorite park of the park.

@memecats5698

The last time I was at Knotts Berry Farm it was the 1960s and we went there because it was cheaper than Disneyland. Of course like Disneyland Knotts Berry farm is changed a lot but the one thing I remember the most in the 1960s was the vintage cars you could ride along the track so you didn’t go off the road and it was more on the outside of Knotts Berry Farm.

@barronrugge

The alligator park was across the street from knott's

@eliassmeke3991

Question 🙋‍♀️ please 🙏, when’s part 5 about the history of Knott’s Berry Farm gonna be released?

@jimt9245

Where did you find the elevation sketches fo Paul Von Kleiben? I had been under the assumption that Ghost town was a collection of buildings that had been relocated from their original locations to Ghost Town.

@eliassmeke3991

Did you see my comments lately?

@toastnjam7384

I like how KBF grew organically.

@hermanprez

Top quality videos, both educational and entertaining. Can't wait for the next episode.

@beverlulucero4673

Very well done. My mom worked in the music hall for a time during the 80's.

@thomastrout9997

@rosaspanjol673

Great true story 👍!….I love 💕 Knotts.

@hollywilliams1957

Great video!!

@josephgalvan3045

Amazing documentary! Thank you!

@Gu3stish3r3

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@natomblin

Aside from the mispronunciation of "Nevada," an excellent overview of Knott's history. As a child, Walter Knott himself sold me a ticket near the replica of the newly constructed Independence Hall.