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Walter Marvin Knott (December 11, 1889 – December 3, 1981) was an American farmer and businessman who founded the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in Buena Park, California, introduced and mass-marketed the boysenberry, and founded the Knott's Berry Farm food brand.
In 1932, on a visit to Rudolph Boysen's farm in nearby Anaheim, Walter Knott was introduced to a new hybrid berry of a blackberry, a red raspberry, and a loganberry cross-bred by Boysen, who gave Walter his last six wilted berry-hybrid plants. Walter planted and cultivated them, then the family sold the berries at their roadside stand. [2]
A museum collection of miniature homes and furnishings, featuring the world's smallest working television set. In 1996, the attraction moved to La Palma Avenue at the exit of Knott's parking as museum and doll house furnishing store. The museum closed in 1997 and was auctioned off. [4] The Mott's Miniature mail-order business is thriving. [5]
The passenger cars are painted in Pullman Green (which was mandated by the government when it took over the railroads during World War I). [14] However, the engines were built in 1881, and the cars are from that time period also. And, Walter Knott’s objective in creating Ghost Town was to create an Old West town of the 1800s, not the 1940s ...
Bud Hurlbut (left) and Walter Knott (right) riding the Timber Mountain Log Ride, Knott's Berry Farm, 1969. Wendell "Bud" Hurlbut (June 13, 1918 – January 5, 2011) [1] was a designer, builder, entrepreneur, and one of the first creators of theme parks in the United States.
Walter Knott was the first to commercially cultivate the berry in Southern California. [4] He began selling the berries at his farm stand in 1932 and soon noticed that people kept returning to buy the large, tasty berries. When asked what they were called, Knott said, "Boysenberries", after their originator. [7]
Paul von Klieben (17 March 1891 – 14 June 1953) was the key employee of Walter Knott in the early years of Knott’s Berry Farm and the restoration of the ghost town of Calico, California. He started his career in Chicago as a commercial artist and portrait painter.
The development of scenes throughout the ride saw Walter Knott approve the ride for construction. [2] The initial $3.5 million cost for the ride was funded by the Hurlbut Amusement Company, with the ride later being sold to the park. [3] Timber Mountain Log Ride opened on July 11, 1969 with John Wayne on its inaugural ride. [4]