Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Walter Knott
Directory
References
Discover
Thanksgiving Celebration Traditional Dinner Setting Food Concept
Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?
Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides
Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls
Pro and Con: School Uniforms
Thumbnail for flags that look alike quiz Russia, Slovenia, Iceland, Norway
Flags That Look Alike
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Walter Knott

American entrepreneur

Learn about this topic in these articles:

main reference

  • Knott's Berry Farm: replica of Independence Hall
    In Knott’s Berry Farm

    …farm and nursery, founded by Walter Knott (b. December 11, 1889, San Bernardino, California, U.S.—d. December 3, 1981, Buena Park, California) and his wife, Cordelia Knott (née Cordelia Hornaday; b. January 23, 1890—d. April 23, 1974, Buena Park, California). Knott, the son of a farmer, grew up in Pomona, California,…

    Read More