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SUMMARY:Knott's Bear-y Tales
DESCRIPTION:Historians Christopher Merritt and J. Eric Lynxwiler will discu
 ss their new book\, “Knott’s Bear-y Tales: The Complete History of the
  Whimsical Attraction”\, at the January 2025 meeting of the Orange Count
 y Historical Society: Thursday\, Jan. 9\, 2025\, 7:30p.m.\, at Trinity Epi
 scopal Church\, 2400 N. Canal St.\, in Orange. The story of this creative 
 and well-remembered dark ride shines a light on a period of major change f
 or Knott’s Berry Farm and for Orange County.\n\nDesigner and artist Roll
 y Crump came to Knott’s Berry Farm at the invitation of Marion Knott —
  one of the first top woman executives in a major Orange County business a
 nd was the first female head of a great American theme park. Marion Knott
 ’s parents\, Walter and Cordelia\, had founded Knott’s Berry Farm deca
 des before. Crump – long known as a prominent Disney Imagineer — was e
 scaping the shadow of his previous employer and looking for an opportunity
  to spread his wings as a designer. Together these unlikely friends develo
 ped and organized a crew of talented artists to build a wild dark ride unl
 ike anything seen (or smelled) before: Knott’s Bear-y Tales!\n\nChristop
 her Merritt has more than thirty years of ride and show design experience\
 , creating theme park attractions and environments around the world. He se
 rved as an Art Director and Production Designer at theme parks in Californ
 ia\, Florida\, Tokyo\, Singapore\, and Shanghai. His books include Pacific
  Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles’ Space Age Nautical Pleasu
 re Pier (2014)\, with co-author Domenic Priore\, and Marc Davis in His Own
  Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks (2019) with Pete Docter.\n\nJ.
  Eric Lynxwiler is an urban anthropologist and Knott’s Berry Farm histor
 ian. While attending UCLA\, he spent one school year behind the counter of
  Knott’s electric shooting gallery and works today as a graphic designer
  on Farm signage\, merchandise\, and Knott’s Berry Market preserves. Lyn
 xwiler has been a volunteer and Neon Cruise guide for the Museum of Neon A
 rt in Glendale for 25 years. He has also co-authored books on the history 
 of neon signs in Los Angeles and the history of Wilshire Boulevard.\n\nTog
 ether\, Merritt and Lynxwiler also wrote the critically acclaimed\, Knott
 ’s Preserved: From Boysenberry to Theme Park\, The History of Knott’s 
 Berry Farm (2010)\, which remains the leading book on the subject. 
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