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