Knotts Berry Farm - Dark History!
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Check out my interactive map where you search videos of all the locations I have been to www.scribblema...
If you would like to make a contribution, my Patreon can be found here / carpetbagger A Donation of at least 3 dollars and I will send you a postcard every month.
If you prefer to donate on paypal, here is the link for that www.thecarpetba...
Check out my T-Shirt shop if you are interested carpetbagger.s...
To see music featured on The Carpetbagger click here / @tunesfromthecarpetbag...
Check out my T-Shirt shop if you are interested carpetbagger.s...
Facebook / carpetbaggerblog
Feel free to email me at jacobthecarpetbagger@gmail.com
Physical correspondence can be sent to PO BOX 932 Waynesville, NC 28786
![KAYTRANADA - Witchy (feat. Childish Gambino) [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jGK3YVmGZ3Y/mqdefault.jpg)
Back in late 40’s/early 50’s my dad and his family goes up to knotts and get some berries jam and jellies and stay for mrs. Knotts chicken...and he and his brothers will go on the stagecoach ride for a nickel and the coach goes around the berries farm...then they added a train, mystery shack, calico caverns mines, ghost town, a stunt show,
Lol
Remember my grandparents went one year. Got all sort of jams and honeys
I went as a small child in the sixties, indepence hall area was all still berries it was originally a petting zoo , stagecoach and Merry go round lol. Candy store had a big saint Bernard statue we sat on . Unfortunately since mr Knott died the candy is no longer made on site and it taste like garbage now, only taffy is made still 😢
The traveling steampunk Kitty how old are u lol
That chicken place is overpriced GARBAGE
Went to Knotts in 1981. I remember they sold little mini jars of jam.
Taylor_UMF_93 I think they still do most likely
They actually sell their own Brand of Jam called the Berry market. they cant use the name Knotts berry farm to sell jams due to some copyright issue with smuckers having the name rights when it comes to sell jams
Still do .. always adding them to my collection 🙂
I also remember the jars In the late 80s.
I used to live in Ca. Went to Knotts Berry Farm every year! Funnnnnn!!! :)
Erin Bricker - Urban Historian, congratulations on moving out of Caliwierdo,.
I can’t wait to
Have never heard about that story about the hippies and the fence, interesting. Knotts definitely has a soft spot in my theme park heart. Probably because it is America’s 1st theme park. We got a platinum pass and plan to visit more cedar fair parks soon.
Catawampus are not extinct in fact at knotts they just recently had a catawampus baby. You can go and visit the family.
I didn’t see it
We love Sutter's Fine Family Fare. America's first restaurant dedicated to a genocidal child trafficking maniac. USA! USA! USA!
Sad Eye Joe is funny today. My dad's friend remembered the days when he could walk around Knotts when it was free admission. Ghost Town was pretty much it at the time.
"So the hippies created consumerism"
The irony of this is quite saddening yet hilarious.
Counbuna consumerism
"Two of them ruined it for everyone."
It was gonna happen anyways. The closed park capitalism, not sure why they used "consumerism" as that's not a social construct term. But ya, one vagrant ruined it for the others which 99.9% wasn't raping people.
That moment your teen tries to escape but gets their leg stuck in the window instead...
Hate those moments! That always happens to me
Thank you for bringing me back to my childhood.. I love Knott's just as much as Disney when i was a kid.. The Log ride and the Chicken restaurant was a huge part of that.. boysenberry pie rhubarb and chicken fried steak..ahhh memories
I was there a couple of times about 60 years ago. Thanks!
Knotts is the first theme park in the US, more importantly the berry farm and stand (which still exists at Knotts) was so popular for boysenberries, that it grew into a bakery selling tarts and pies and then restaurant and to keep customers something to do ghost town was moved there. Most everything you see is not a prop, this was an actual ghost town moved on site. You were lucky to sit in the diner portion of the restaurant since this is the original from the berry farm (it did not move its right where it always has been) and the expansion behind basically goes on and on forever. The birdcage theater is where Steve Martin began in the 60s.
The Original stand is long gone sadly. I dont think anyone even knows what happened to it. at best they do have a replica Berry stand that they bring out during the Boysenberry festival in which they sell Boysenberry plants
rexrabbiteer That is sad to hear. I know when Cedar Fair purchased Knotts they began tearing down some of the historic structures, most notably the small chapel with the amazing stained glass transformation of christ. Does the large church with steeple still exist? How about the panarama show in Ghost Town that tells the story of Mrs Knotts' grandmother coming across the desert in a covered wagon?
The church was moved just outside of the park close to the Independence hall but I think recently the church will be moved to a new location in september, here is an article www.ocregister.com/2018/02/09/historic-church-host-to-many-weddings-to-be-moved-from-knotts-berry-farm/ the panorama show is long gone, the scene at 13:56 is where it would've been, inside the golden trails hotel. they did however bring back the Mission Diorama's and the panning for gold attraction was put back in its original spot
rexrabbiteer Thanks for the update.
I wonder if the still have the awesome fried chicken. At least you can get the delicious boysenberry jam in the store. I remember going there and my favorite ride was "Knott's Berry Tales," which sadly became the "Jurassic Park" ride (which was cool enough, but I liked the former much better. Ahhh, memories....Can you still pan for gold I wonder?
It's kinda uplifting seeing how Gru and buffed up Captain Rogers get along so well having their break.
One of the best parts of my life were spent here. The Knotts' rocked.
Dude you should read the history of the boysenberry! A cross of several berries, Walter Knott found the only known remaining vines on the former Boysen farm in Buena Park and was the first to grow them commercially. Knotts Berry Farm is famous for boysenberries, which are awesome.
I wish I had known you were going to Knotts, I live 20 mins. from there and old enough to remember when it was not so commercial. There use to be an alligator farm at the front of the park and a wonderful carousel. No gates and a family could spend all day and later eat a chicken dinner. No admission, you would pay for rides or pay nothing. Knotts owned the original ghost town called Calico in the desert of California. Some of the original buildings were transported to Knotts.
Ross Man... I grew up in la habra heights and my family were friends with the knotts way back when they sold pies on the corner...I loved riding the burros when I was little.
I do remember the burro rides, but I do not think they are there anymore. I had a free pass when I worked for Polaroid. I serviced the ID cameras for employees and seasonal passes.
Yeah I went to the alligator farm they had huge 30 feet aligators in huge pits used to sacre the bejesus out of me lol. The movieland was museum was the best I have ever went to , still have pics of me mom and grandma at museum in Posiden adventure!!!
You can still get a chicken dinner, everything I go we get one
im not far from there either im in santa ana
I am impressed with the amount of live performaners in the park, you dont get to see that as much these days !
We used to love Knotts when we were younger...haven't lived down that way for a long time. A lot has changed over the years.
I love hearing the history and backstory behind these parks.
I love knotts so much history there and loads of fun
Brought back lots of memories. Spent quite a few birthdays there. Interesting fact, in the Mojave is the Calico Ghost town and silver mines, and if I'm remembering correctly, Knotts was so fascinated by the ghost town and mines that he started to rebuild the buildings in the ghost town in the hopes of making it a tourist attraction, unfortunately its so far out in the middle of nowhere that he decided to use it as an inspiration for what is known as knots berry farm now. If you ever have the will to venture out that far into the desert, its an incredibly interesting place and you can see what inspired Knotts berry farm.
Adam makin the rounds on his fellow RUclipsr buddies videos! Great stuff as usual Carpetbagger!
I work at Knotts and I am always glad to see someone have a good time there, it is the oldest themed amusement park in the U.S. A boysenberry is a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry.
Great place to have some good ole fun! I was there in 94. I gotta get back out there soon
Boysenberries are delicious! We had a hill full of them growing up in Southern California. Knott 's berry farm has darn good chicken too
Sad-Eye Joe still talks! 🤣🤣🤣
I met him when I was a kid, and had the funniest conversation with the original. He had a crush on my older sister.
They do have a GREAT CHICKEN DINNER!
That chicken looked pretty good, made me hungry just watching them eat!
@@limerent72 that jam too looked pretty good were they having it on scones (like biscuits) things ?
Knott's was the first amusement park. Walter Knott and Walt Disney were friends.
I grew up going to Knott's a lot. We lived just a couple miles from there. And my brother worked there. So between that and school field trips I got in free or at discount.
Knott's boysenberry jam was my absolute favorite jam as a kid. The other kids thought I was weird, since they all liked strawberry and other popular flavors. But mine was always boysenberry. I still remember the tangy flavor. Won't touch the stuff nowadays, but the memories are fond. :)
I use to love that place as a kid! In the video you show the two wooden fancy ladies sitting on the bench I have a picture of me sitting next to them when I was 6 I am now 38 lol
I was a '60's kid and we lived in Buena Park, went to Knott's a lot. It was a lot different back then, the only thing you could get to drink was Boysenberry juice, dirt parking lot, and the train robbery was the big thing. I liked it better back then. The best thing to me was as you were leaving they had a bee hive behind a glass wall and you could watch the bees inside
You visited this park three months before I did. I hadn't seen your video until after I made my own. We kind of have the same genre of videos. Good work!
Jacob, Jacob, Jacob.....your vids are so much fun! I remember when I was about 4 years old my family went to Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm and the Alligator Farm (which I'm not sure is still there). I believe it was Knotts Berry Farm where they had an old western "shootout". Of course at 4 years old, I thought it was real and got scared. I hid behind my mom the rest of the time! Your video brought back some good childhood memories. Thank you Jacob!
Love Knotts Berry Farm! My mom went to it when it was just the farm and Ferris wheel.
Whaaaat?
Dark history, for a place that mad, or invented tickets, to enjoy pass-time.
Thank you for the wonderful video Carpetbagger & Adam The Woo!
I use cattawampus as a word meaning off kilter or crooked. I never it was a creature or object.
cattawampus was used years ago about a creature that was in the desert. people would go out there and some would vanish. they called it cattawampus because of the fury hair and horns that came off to the side and looked sorta like a wolf.
FlyingRaven100 Very interesting!
Same.
I thoroughly enjoyed this 1
I remember when Knots was free as I grew up in Garden Grove. I have always been told the fence went up because Walter got tired of parents dumping kids for the day
Go to Calico it use to be owned by Walter Knott and can be considered a early version of the Theme park
Wow the main part of Knotts Berry Farm has not changed. They have added some rides by the looks of it. My memory may be wrong but I was there in 61 as a kid and Im pretty sure we paid to get in. They still sell jams so must have berries somewhere. Great memories for me. Thanks for the revisit. Loved that place. Do they still let you pan for gold?? Keep Safe❤ Keep Well❤
Debbie Mcwaters EVPEACE , yes you can still pan for gold. I still have mine when I was there in '70.
I grew up not far from Knotts, in the 50s and 60s admission was free but they charged for the rides
Debbie Mcwaters EVPEACE back then they wouldn't charge to get in but to ride the rides. The only ride they had back then was just the mine co & then the train.. Later on they added the log ride.
The jams are just generic like they sell in the store. Not made at the parks now.
Dry rock gulch looks great this time of year.
I LOVE WOO’S SHIRT
Great vid.Went to K.B.F. in the early and late 70s as we lived in Torrace,CA.Fond memories.:)
I went there a few times as a child and then when my children were little, we went every year.
Their boysenberry pie is amazing. Always get that if I go there before knotted scary farm in the fall.
I miss knotts 😭
Grew up going to this place love it so much
My mom and dad took my brother and I in the mid 50s. Great memories
man you got those killer sideburns
That pantaloon-clad leg protruding from the window used to twitch/kick every few minutes.
I grew up near Knott's Berry Farm. We lived less than two miles away and I used to walk there a lot when I was a kid. I even met Walter Knott (who was the founder and original owner of the place). I really enjoyed this video - - it's fun to see how the place has expanded and changed. I remember when they put the fence up to keep the hippies out.
How old are you??
I love these things where a live guy behind the wall does the voice of a weird statue.
I remember going there as a kid not having to pay to get in. It sure has changed over the years.
COOL VIDEO! I have many great and some lame stories from my experiences there. All in all, good stuff here. THANKS.
Holy hell, they're randomly blasting Vince Guaraldi for no apparent reason. That alone gives Knott's a five star rating.
3:02 the best effect i have ever seen. That's why disney got his idea for the haunted mansion ballroom
This was an excellent selection.
Oh man you need to go back during Halloween time. Knotts Scarey Farm is epic!
Lmao love that opossum jamming out in the intro
The one and only time I've gone to Knott's Berry Farm was in 1981 when I was 9yo. The memories are kind of hazy now and I wouldn't be able to tell how things have changed from then and now. I only have a few photos from the trip and a souvenir sketch of me drawn by one of the caricature artists there. But I'm happy to see from your video that a lot of Knott's seems to remain faithful to what it has always been. It would be lovely to visit it again. Thank you for sharing this video! :)
I do miss the saloon show with Cameo Kate. Wish they'd bring her back. She had a great voice. And Fingers knew how to play the piano!
I love Peanuts, Snoopy is my favorite dog ❤️
I've always wanted to go there looks cool
@0:25 You are correct Adam. Knott's Berry Farm is America's First Theme Park!
We used to go in the ‘60s before they had the real fancy rides .... their Halloween set up is legendary
I love Knotts! You should've checked out the log ride - that's my favorite.
They lost a couple of really cool things from my childhood unfortunately: Mott's Miniatures which had the smallest of everything imaginable and the Haunted Shack - kind of a gravity defying attraction. Too cool.
Oh! What an interesting intro! I like it! And thank you for this video :D
Wonderful video!
I have many happy memories of Knott’s. We had a school field trip and had a presentation by Mrs. Knott. It’s very true about the hippies and park admission, etc.
Reminds me of when Orange County was simpler with only a few hundred thousand people instead of over 3 million.
Thanks again!!
My favorite place to visit as a child . So nostalgic viewing this video !Thanks (:
You and Adam work really well together. Enjoyed your take on KBF!
Thanks for the tour. Wish i still had the few postcards that my grandparents had from there. Unused from the 50s.
I love Knotts Berry Farm, it is full of great memories for me. Thank you
The gentleman in the museum has gone home.. hes now up in the big sky. He was a sweet kind caring man. Hes missed
The best RUclips channels are the carpetbagger, the daily woo and Justin Scarred.
Great episode!
I ❤❤❤the new intro!
I was terrified of the jail guy when I was younger 🤣
I can see where Disney got the idea for the "Big Thunder Mountain RR" - where Knott's has the two vultures above the mine entrance, Disney has a goat.
Great update! Enjoyed every minute!
I always enjoy the videos where you team up with Adam the woo.
Knott's is America's First theme park! And I was there that day and didn't see you ! Darn!
FYI, did you know there is duplicate Lester Moore tombstone in the movie "Tombstone" ? It is extremely famous! Love ALL of your videos and look forward to you coming back to Chicago for one of our museums!
Carpetbagger: Right when you stepped on the beating heart grave, your shoes & socks reminded me of Spongebob's.
The chick dinner restaurant, where all the big rooster go to get a chick for dinner.
Very nice video Jacob and Adam, from the free life before the pandemic. Very nice park, thanks for taking us along.
Hey jacob my awesome.postcard arrived in the uk today the richard nixon library one :)
Neat place thank you for sharing this.... BTW did you swear & cut it out on the roller coaster? LoL
OMGOSH this brought memories back..in the 70s my dad took us there
I especially enjoyed this vlog! Love knotts !!!!
LOVE that new intro!
Cool video Brother carpetbagger !.
Riding a roler coaster.
No one:
Me:
The CarpetBagger:ouuuggggh, uuuhhhh, oooohhh
I love Knotts, I go at least once a month.
Thanks for the memories
A Boysenberry is a cross between a raspberry, blackberry, and loganberry. It was developed by Rudolph Boysen back in the late 1920’s, but he couldn’t make his new berry a commercial success, and abandon the project. He took his plants to Coolidge Rare Plant Nursery in Altadena. [Years later, Walter Knott heard about Boysen tracked him down. He took took the few dying vines left, and brought them back to life at what is now Knott’s Berry Farm. He successfully grew the fruit, and named it after Boysen.
One of my most missed effects at Knotts is of a corpse with a bullet hole on his forehead in a coffin inside a hearse that would once in awhile lift up and slowly turn to face you before lowering himself back inside the coffin. the hearse along with the coffin and dead guy are now in the Boothill cemetery but doesnt seem to work anymore, hope knotts fixes it someday...
This makes me cry I miss Knotts so much
I grew up going to Knott's. I never knew about the figures in the ghost town, but likely as a little one I would have avoided the heck out of that.
I had the same thought about the hat ride...it's just teacups in hat form! You need at least one more person in there though..too bad Tim Tracker wasn't there with you. Because three grown men in a tea cup..errr...Sombraro..there's NOTHING strange about THAT! LMAO
The big difference is that at knotts they dont have breaks so you can spin it as hard as you can. the disney teacups dont spin as much
Hey Carpetbagger!!! I love the new intro!!! I tried to donate threw patron, but it wouldn't work. So watch your p.o.box for my letter, gift will be enclosed. Love ya......the Raebel Family.
Hope u got a thank u lol
Those nasty hippies. That guide was right: I don't want to become a Dismaland employee. Smart guy.
Hi Carpet Bagger, Im going to donate 5 or $10 just as a thank you for making such interesing, funny, and awesome videos! Keep it up :))
You're videos are great, always enjoy them.
What an awesome place, runs rings around Disney any day! Another great video