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  2. Walter Knott - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Ghost Town & Calico Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The other business car appears to be the "Edna," which is now at Knott's Berry Farm. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Class 70 (C-19) Engines (numbers 400-411) as they were configured in the 1800s. Both of the Ghost Town & Calico RR engines are Class 70 (C-19) engines. In late 1973, the park received ex-D&RGW K-27 #464, a Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive

  4. Calico, California - Wikipedia

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    Calico is a ghost town and former mining town in San Bernardino County, California, United States.Located in the Calico Mountains of the Mojave Desert region of Southern California, it was founded in 1881 as a silver mining town, and was later converted into a county park named Calico Ghost Town.

  5. New Elvira 'XXPerience' celebrates 40 years of sexy, spooky ...

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    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 ...

  6. History of Knott's Berry Farm - Wikipedia

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    As time went on, more shops and interactive displays were opened to entertain patrons waiting for a seat [6] at the Chicken Dinner Restaurant. [7] The Berry Market expanded South from Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant along Grand Avenue with the addition of wishing wells, rock gardens [8] with miniature waterfalls, water wheels and a grindstone "Down by the Old Mill Stream", [9] near a ...

  7. Amusement Parks: Then and Now - AOL

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    Amusement park visitors still enjoy thrilling roller coasters and flume rides, but nowadays, these attractions are often built around Hollywood movies and feature high-tech wizardry.

  8. Knott's Berry Farm - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Timber Mountain Log Ride - Wikipedia

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    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]