The History of Knott's Berry Farm - "Berries"
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2024
- The Knott family didn't arrive on the land that would become the Knott's Berry Farm theme park until 1920. But the story of their park, and how it came to be, is inextricably tied to the land on which it was built. In this second episode exploring the park's history, we explore the legacy of Knott's as an actual berry farm - including the story that made Knott's famous: the discovery of the boysenberry.
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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More good puppers in this episode, but you'll have to find them yourselves. 😉
Enjoy watching this origin story ... it's fun watching this transformation ... another great video
Absolute top quality. Some of the best stuff I've seen on CZcams. You should have millions of views.
We really appreciate the support and compliment. Honestly, right now we’re just aiming for 1,000 subscribers.
This is amazing work, I love love to know how unbury so much information
I remember stopping by Knotts Kitchen on our way back from Huntington or Newport Beach on our way home to Covina in the early 60s. The pies were the best!
Didn't get a chance to watch this one until now but great video as usual! Looking forward to seeing how this eventually managed to morph into a theme park
My mom remembers the roadside stand and tea room. Her family had come from the Redlands area. Her mother graduated from Redlands High School in 1915 and visited SoCal often coming from Berkeley. She said something about her extended family investing in Knott’s early on but I don’t much more than that.
Can you imagine $.65 for all that food? People in those days were tough, hard workers. And the Knotts were no exception! Great video with lots of interesting facts!
Very well made videos. I have gone through many of these Knott videos tonight.
Very impressed. Thank you.
13:18 I'm 99.37% certain that Coolidge's letter, in fact, instructed Darrow to "check out my boy* Boysen's new berry, bro*". He was a fan of alliteration 😂
I’ve got a FOIA request in at the Dept of Ag to confirm your theory. So far, they haven’t gotten back to me… 🤣
Do you know the area is named Knott’s Berry Place in 1927
Yep, and you can even see that name on the building in the thumbnail!
Knott’s Berry Place wins for better prototype name than Disneyland…ia 9:59 😂