Knott's Berry Farm ride creator Bud Hurlbut dies
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:46 pm
Knott's Berry Farm ride creator Bud Hurlbut, 93, dies
BY MICHAEL MELLO and MARK EADES
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Bud Hurlbut, who created some of Knott's Berry Farm's centerpiece rides, died Wednesday. He was 93.
Wendell "Bud" Hurlbut worked for years with Walter Knott, the founder of Knott's Berry Farm. There, Hurlbut designed and built the Calico Mine Ride and the Timber Mountain Log Ride -- two attractions that, decades after they were built, remain among the most popular rides in the park.
Hurlbut became known in the industry for his innovation -- like the locomotives' electric motors on the Mine Ride -- and attention to detail. Even into his nineties, he could be found in the middle of his workshop, just across La Palma Avenue from Knott's Berry Farm.
Photos of Bud working on his rides:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/-283078--.html?pic=1
BY MICHAEL MELLO and MARK EADES
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Bud Hurlbut, who created some of Knott's Berry Farm's centerpiece rides, died Wednesday. He was 93.
Wendell "Bud" Hurlbut worked for years with Walter Knott, the founder of Knott's Berry Farm. There, Hurlbut designed and built the Calico Mine Ride and the Timber Mountain Log Ride -- two attractions that, decades after they were built, remain among the most popular rides in the park.
Hurlbut became known in the industry for his innovation -- like the locomotives' electric motors on the Mine Ride -- and attention to detail. Even into his nineties, he could be found in the middle of his workshop, just across La Palma Avenue from Knott's Berry Farm.
Photos of Bud working on his rides:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/-283078--.html?pic=1