| Knott's Berry Farm is one of the most famous | | | | his ghost town, so he fenced his farm and began to |
| theme parks on the west coast, alongside Disneyland | | | | charge people for admission, this is when Knott's |
| and Six Flags Magic Mountain. The theme park is | | | | Berry Farm the amusement park was born. Since |
| located in Buena Park, CA. Unlike other theme parks | | | | Knott's Berry Farm has a history that's traced back |
| on the west coast that are owned by movie studios, | | | | to the 1920s it claims to be "America's first theme |
| Knott's Berry Farm is a manufacturer of jams and | | | | park". In 1995 the Knott's Berry jelly and preserves |
| preserves. Besides the Knott's Berry farm theme | | | | business was sold to ConAgra foods and in 1997 the |
| park in Buena Park, the Knott's company also started | | | | theme park was sold to Cedar Fair L.P., which owns |
| the famous Camp Snoopy theme park in Mall of | | | | an amusement park in Ohio called Cedar Point. |
| America, in Minneapolis, MN. | | | | Since being under the ownership of Cedar Fair the |
| Knott's Berry Farm got its start in 1920, when Walter | | | | park has added numerous thrill rides and large roller |
| Knott and his wife sold berries from a stand on the | | | | coasters. Today Knott's Berry Farm includes six |
| roadside. During the 1930s Walter created the world's | | | | different themed areas including, Ghost town, the |
| first boysenberry, which is a combination of | | | | Boardwalk, Indian Trails, Wild Water Wilderness, |
| blackberry, loganberry and raspberry. Also during the | | | | Fiesta Village and Camp Snoopy. Ghost town is the |
| 1930s, Walter's wife Cordelia began serving fried | | | | oldest part of Knott's Berry Farm and it contains |
| chicken dinners and within a couple years, the | | | | most of the buildings that Walter had brought from |
| restaurant became a phenomenon with enormous | | | | ghost towns through out the west. Fiesta Village has |
| lines outside of it, leaving customers waiting for | | | | a Latin flavor to it because of its carnival like setting |
| hours. | | | | and roller coasters, such as Montezooma Revenge |
| Walter put on his thinking cap and decided to create | | | | and the Jaguar! The Boardwalk was originally set up |
| a ghost town in 1940 to entertain the people who | | | | as a gypsy camp and a 20s settings. Today the |
| came to get some of his wife's cooking. The ghost | | | | Boardwalk contains most of the parks thrill rides like |
| town was made up of buildings from old Western | | | | the Windjammer racing coaster, Supreme Scream, |
| town such as Prescott, AZ and Calico, CA. In 1968 | | | | Xcelerator and Perilous Plunge. |
| Walter decided to apply his entrepreneurial mind to | | | | |