welcome fellow travelers today on exit thru the gift shop we are at Knott's
Berry Farm America's first theme park this park grid of Walter Knotts original
vision to create an authentic Wild West ghost town and has since grown
into a full-fledged theme park with thrill rides attractions family fun
one point Mrs. Knotts chicken dinner became so famous that there were up to four hour lineups
Walter not started to build some pastimes and diversions to entertain
the crowds while they were waiting for dinner one
of those original attractions is still tucked away inside the Barrie market
follow the sign for the restrooms and you'll be able to see the indoor rock garden and waterfall
this hidden room is also handy to know you actually do need a washer another
halter knots attractions is this recreation of George Washington's fireplace from Mount Vernon
and a waterwheel and original millstone from one of the first commercial mills
in los angeles well we're at knots we have to go on the Calico mine rock this is the
attraction that transformed Knott's Berry Farm from a berry stand and chicken dinner
Shack into a full-fledged theme park prior to the calico mine ride being here there
were a few other minor attractions a train ride a carousel a few other amusements to
keep people busy while they were waiting for their chicken dinner the Calico line
ride was revolutionary and providing guests with a new level of immersion and theming
before the construction of the Calico mine ride guests were able to walk through a
recreation of a local mine and then pan for gold which you can still do in the park today
going to check out in the cave and behind the waterfall
I guess the Disneyland isn't the only place where you can see the backside of water scattered
throughout the park you can also find these charming little models of California emissions
as you probably know Knott's Berry Farm is all about the boysenberry but did you know
that every variety can be traced back to the Knott's Berry Farm Walter Knott was able to
bolster his berry farm by nursing three boys and berry plants back to life the berry plant
is a combination of red raspberry blackberry and Logan berry Cordelia naught was able to
turn the boysenberries into delicious pies and preserves and coupled with their famous chicken
dinners was able to turn the Knott's Berry Farm stand and Chicken Shack into a success
tucked away throughout the ghost town are a number of hidden gems
including the beating heart of Hyrum McTavish
or visit the museum to find out a little bit more about the Wild West
here's a house made up of thousands of glass bottles for insulation
we'd help you if we could oh I know you would you
would take me in take real good care of this whole family you bet
or send the kids to the schoolhouse for an old-fashioned lesson another one of
our favorite things to do is to check out the geo job where you can try your luck at cracking open
a prized gemstone inside there's a collection of celebrity signed geodes everyone from Katie Couric
Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue Steven Tyler Donny Osmond Kobe Bryant there's John Stamos John Candy
even jack why
results of some dinosaur fossils like these fossilized quadrupeds tracks these dinosaur
eggs hadrosaur or and even Tyrannosaurus this is a fossilized giant elephant bird egg now extinct
the elephant birds stood over 10 feet tall and weighed 900 pounds
right across the street from the park is the independence hall this is a faithful recreation
of Philadelphia's Independence Hall when Cedar Fair purchased the park one of the stipulations
from Walter Knott was that this attraction remained free for all guests to visit inside
the hall was the declaration chamber this is a recreation of the exact room where the Declaration
of Independence was signed as well inside you'll find an exact replica of the famous Liberty Bell
just finished learning about the history of the first president the United States
in fact that wasn't George Washington prior to Washington there were fourteen different
colonial presidents who served a one-year term that's it for today from Knott's Berry
Farm it's a quaint amusement park steeped in a lot of history there's a great number
of smaller rides for kids in the Camp Snoopy area a number of bigger thrill rides available
for adults the teens alike remember to check out our interactive map to see all the other
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