tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post4466465015834789509..comments2024-03-29T00:34:09.653-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Knott's, October 1964Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-72858182156305518992012-01-10T16:10:13.793-08:002012-01-10T16:10:13.793-08:00Quite the 1964 couple aren't they?Dressed so &...Quite the 1964 couple aren't they?Dressed so "smartly",right out of the J.C. Penney catalog.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-6106223534742854842012-01-09T15:58:27.479-08:002012-01-09T15:58:27.479-08:00TM!, I still remember my mom asking the nearby pro...TM!, I still remember my mom asking the nearby prospector if the mine was scary so that her nervous kids would walk through it!<br /><br />Allen P, thank you for the info!<br /><br />Connie, you and a zillion other people...<br /><br />TM! (again!), I thought you might comment on the little ticket booth; obviously the person you spoke to had the "official" story, even though it was BS.<br /><br />Katella, I wonder if that little sign is an actual old artifact that Walter Knott picked up while he collected bits and pieces of old ghost towns?Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-81022739922605892762012-01-09T13:49:29.245-08:002012-01-09T13:49:29.245-08:00"Soda" was the Victorian word for Calciu..."Soda" was the Victorian word for Calcium Carbonate, a mineral mined for making glass. "Sodaville" is probably a reference to a town by that name in the west Nevada desert, in the area of Bodie CA. Does Chris M have anything on it?Katella Gatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562521359201308834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-78622466906582321632012-01-09T10:26:08.971-08:002012-01-09T10:26:08.971-08:00And there's the Mine Train ticket booth that i...And there's the Mine Train ticket booth that is now gone forever. :-( I was told that the reason they tore it down was because "someone" felt that it blocked the entrance to the queue. Hello....it WAS the entrance to the queue!!!!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-30721375241680661062012-01-09T09:15:09.174-08:002012-01-09T09:15:09.174-08:00I remember feeling "tricked" when I real...I remember feeling "tricked" when I realized that the line was longer than I thought, LOL!Connie Morenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112860706520621190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-17935564371979885902012-01-09T08:28:09.550-08:002012-01-09T08:28:09.550-08:00The Roy of "Roy's Castle" was Roy Br...The Roy of "Roy's Castle" was Roy Bryant one of the early prospectors who walked around Ghost Town with his burro.Allen Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954614810210085222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-64498201951334273222012-01-09T02:37:39.923-08:002012-01-09T02:37:39.923-08:00I always loved walking through that little mine......I always loved walking through that little mine.....ahhh, the simple things!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com