https://www.ocregister.com/2018/06/...ing-founder-bud-hurlbut-on-wednesday-june-13/
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Castle Park is launching a summer-long tribute to its founder, theme park pioneer Wendell “Bud” Hurlbut.
The Riverside attraction is holding a 100th birthday tribute to Hurlbut at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 13. The program will include live entertainment, a keynote speech by San Bernardino animatronics expert Garner Holt, and a brief video about Hurlbut’s life.
Raised in Whittier, Hurlbut is known for his work molding Knott’s Berry Farm in the 1950s and ’60s. Hurlbut created its Calico Mine Ride, followed by the Timber Mountain Log Ride. Holt’s company Garner Holt Productions updated both attractions in recent years with new animatronics figures done in Hurlbut’s style.
Walt Disney consulted with Hurlbut when he was planning Disneyland, according to the book “Knott’s Preserved.”
“During the post-war baby boom, small amusement parks began to proliferate throughout Los Angeles and no one in Southern California had a handle on the business like Hurlbut,” authors Christopher Merritt and J. Eric Lynxwiler wrote.<<
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Castle Park is launching a summer-long tribute to its founder, theme park pioneer Wendell “Bud” Hurlbut.
The Riverside attraction is holding a 100th birthday tribute to Hurlbut at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 13. The program will include live entertainment, a keynote speech by San Bernardino animatronics expert Garner Holt, and a brief video about Hurlbut’s life.
Raised in Whittier, Hurlbut is known for his work molding Knott’s Berry Farm in the 1950s and ’60s. Hurlbut created its Calico Mine Ride, followed by the Timber Mountain Log Ride. Holt’s company Garner Holt Productions updated both attractions in recent years with new animatronics figures done in Hurlbut’s style.
Walt Disney consulted with Hurlbut when he was planning Disneyland, according to the book “Knott’s Preserved.”
“During the post-war baby boom, small amusement parks began to proliferate throughout Los Angeles and no one in Southern California had a handle on the business like Hurlbut,” authors Christopher Merritt and J. Eric Lynxwiler wrote.<<