Wendell "Bud" Hurlbut
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Wendell "Bud" Hurlbut was a designer, builder, entrepreneur, and one of the first creators of theme parks in the United States.
Bud Hurlbut (left) and Walter Knott (right) riding the Timber Mountain Log Ride, Knott's Berry Farm, 1969
Bud Hurlbut in Calico Mine Ride engine. Photo courtesy of the Orange County Archives.
Timber Mountain Log Ride at Knott's.
Walter Knott
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Walter Marvin Knott was an American farmer and businessman who founded the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in Buena Park, California, introduced and mass-marketed the boysenberry, and founded the Kn
Knott at his 60th anniversary in 1971
Walter Knott tending to his berry plants, 1948
Ronald Reagan speaking at the Knotts' 60th wedding anniversary in 1971
Walter and Cordelia Knott with their four children at Knott's Berry Farm