But real ghosts or not, Walter Knott did built a ghost town, and he cobbled it together out of old buildings sourced from ...

BUENA PARK – History books note that the proliferation of railroads helped start the large-scale settlement of the western United States. In a similar fashion, the railroad that Walter Knott had ...

In 1951, Walter Knott decided he wanted to have a railroad at his growing western-themed Ghost Town. So he went out and bought one. Actually, he noticed in a newspaper that the Denver and Rio Grande ...

Many locals can remember when Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park was simply an old western town and the place to go for a chicken dinner. Today it’s a sprawling theme park, but its past hasn’t been left ...

Photo provided by the Ritchie County Historical Society A train of the C.&K. RY. (Cairo and Kanawha Railway) at the Macfarlan station. The railway ran 17 miles from Cairo to Macfarlan. The “Calico ...

Photo provided by Ritchie County Historic Society The people shown in the undated photo above, are standing in the fissure that initially allowed access to the asphalt rock of what became the Ritchie ...

DAGGETT — After a 13-year hiatus, the Daggett Historical Society is planning on opening the Daggett Museum by the end of this year. In 2004, the museum made national headlines after thieves made off ...

A Knott’s Berry Farm employee was seriously injured Saturday evening when he was struck by the engine of the popular Calico railroad ride, authorities said. The employee, whose name was not released, ...

A Knott’s Berry Farm employee was seriously injured Saturday evening when he was struck by the engine of the Calico railroad ride, authorities said. It was the second time the popular ride has caused ...