Many feared the opening of Disneyland would be a problem for Knott's Berry Farm. Instead, it brought even bigger crowds to the park. Over the course of the decade following Disneyland's opening, Knott's Berry Farm grew, expanding its offerings to include mechanical rides for the very first time.
The concessionaire on the first mechanical ride would also become of on the park's most important designers, along with Paul von Klieben and Otheto Weston. Walt Disney may have had WED enterprises and imagineers, but Walter Knott had Wendell "Bud" Hurlbut.
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. Tell him Theme Parchive sent ya! You can find it here: ochistorical.blogspot.com/
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2 ноя 2023
