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Walter Knott also purchased an 1879 school house at Beloit, Kansas, for $253.50. He had it taken apart and shipped to the theme park in 1951. This was the Beloit School House that closed in 1947. The Homestead Act of 1862 was signed by President Abraham Lincoln, many families moved west and to Kansas for the chance of free land. To homestead a ...
The School House is an actual one-room school house (built in 1879), including the contents, that Walter Knott purchased at auction in Kansas (through a local agent). Knott had been looking for a one-room school house to buy.
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.
Knott's Berry Farm is a 57-acre (2,500,000 sq ft; 230,000 m 2) amusement park in Buena Park, California, United States, owned and operated by Six Flags.In March 2015, it was ranked as the twelfth-most-visited theme park in North America, while averaging approximately 4 million visitors per year.
Rob Perez, director and producer of the show, "Yours Cruelly, Elvira XXperience," stands next to Elvira's Macabre Mobile 1959 T-Bird that will be part of the show inside the Walter Knott Theater ...
Pomona High School (or PHS) is a high school (secondary school) ... Walter Knott, grower of the Boysenberry and founder of Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park;
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.
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