Before the Corkscrew, before Ghost Town, before they owned the land in Buena Park, the Knott family took a bet on Cordelia’s southern fried chicken.

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Special thanks to the Orange County Archives for assistance with footage and images.

Stories and images have been drawn from:
Knott’s Preserved by Christopher Merritt (available for purchase from Angel City Press)
Cordelia Knott: Pioneering Business Woman by Christiane Salts
Knott’s Berry Farm: The Early Years by Jay Jennings

Video Credits (in order of appearance)

Thanh Tom Ho
   • Pomona, California  

Lynne Page
   • train to Pomona California  

Educational Video Library
   • Video  

guy jones
   • Video  

Andy Parks
   • Wild Mojave  

WLRN Public Radio and Television
   • Video  

emari white
   • farming during the great depression  

Movieclips Classic Trailers / Columbia Pictures
   • It Happened One Night (1934) Trailer ...  

California Pioneers of Santa Clara County
   • Roundup and BBQ in Danville, CA  1934  

Orange County Register
   • Marion Knott recalls restaurant's ear...  
   • Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restauran...  
   • 51 years of chicken dinners  20081110  

Cast Iron Chaos
   • Fried Chicken in the Lodge Cast Iron ...  

Soothing Sunscapes
   • Sunrise over a small farm in ULTRAHD ...  

Wayne Sitkei
   • 1960 LA County Fair, Knottsberryfarm  

PismoBeach
   • California Alligator Farm  

TurdLok / Huell Howser Productions
   • Video  

AP Archive
   • Harvest time for Bulgaria's blooming ...  

Attractions Magazine
   • Celebrating National Fried Chicken Da...  

Destinations Chronicles
   • WOW~That Mrs Knott's Chicken Dinner a...  

thebvhunter
   • Kingdom Of The Dinosaurs Ride (1987 T...  


This episode was written and produced by Greg Tulloss