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- Season 1 overviewSep 12, 1959-Apr 30, 196032 episodesSeason 1 episodes1. A Rose for Lotta Sep 12, 1959
- A vicious plot by silver barons to exploit the Ponderosa entails kidnapping Little Joe.
- 2. Death on Sun Mountain Sep 19, 1959
- An ambitious schemer plots to corner the meat supply in Virginia City.
- 3. S1 E3 Jan 10, 2024
- Life on the Ponderosa with the Cartwright clan.
- 4. The Paiute War Oct 3, 1959
- The abduction of two American Indian women by a trader touches off a fierce war.
- 5. Enter Mark Twain Oct 10, 1959
- Samuel Clemens begins writing for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.
- 6. Julia Bulette Story Oct 17, 1959
- Little Joe becomes involved with a woman who found gold above ground in the town.
- 7. The Saga of Annie O'Toole Oct 24, 1959
- A woman's right to a mine site is challenged by a sharpshooter.
- 8. The Philip Diedesheimer Story Oct 31, 1959
- Adam helps one of the leading mining engineers of the time to prove his theories.
- 9. Mr. Henry Comstock Nov 7, 1959
- The Cartwrights battle mining barons to prevent the plundering of the Ponderosa's forest resources.
- 10. The Magnificent Adah Nov 14, 1959
- A performer of the Old West is cause for misunderstanding between members of the Cartwright family.
- 11. Truckee Strip Nov 21, 1959
- A silver baron schemes to disrupt the Cartwrights' relations with their neighbors.
- 12. The Hanging Posse Nov 28, 1959
- A vengeful widower forms a posse to hunt down the murderers of his wife.
- 13. Vendetta Dec 5, 1959
- Hoss and seriously wounded Ben stand against the family of a robber Ben killed during a bank holdup.
- 14. The Sisters Dec 12, 1959
- Accused of killing a dance hall girl, Adam tries to evade lynchers and uncover the truth.
- 15. The Last Hunt Dec 19, 1959
- During a deer hunt, Hoss and Little Joe find a pregnant Shoshone seeking her baby's white father.
- 16. El Toro Grande Jan 2, 1960
- Outlaws attack Little Joe and Hoss on their trip to California to purchase a prize bull.
- 17. The Outcasts Jan 9, 1960
- The clan befriends a woman ostracized because her father and brother were hanged.
- 18. A House Divided Jan 16, 1960
- Ben becomes a mediator as a stranger comes to town talking of possible Civil War.
- 19. The Gunmen Jan 23, 1960
- Little Joe and Hoss, mistaken for gunmen, get caught between feuding families.
- 20. The Fear Merchants Jan 30, 1960
- A mayoral candidate hires two hoodlums to harass Chinese residents, resulting in murder.
- 21. Spanish Grant Feb 6, 1960
- Ex-dancehall girl poses as Spanish aristocrat to obtain large piece of property.
- 22. Blood on the Land Feb 13, 1960
- Disreputable shepherd moves herd across Ponderosa, destroying rich pasture land.
- 23. Desert Justice Feb 20, 1960
- A Ponderosa ranch hand faces charges of killing the wife of the U.S. marshal who came to arrest him.
- 24. The Stranger Feb 27, 1960
- A disabled New Orleans police inspector comes to arrest Ben on a 20-year-old murder charge.
- 25. Escape to the Ponderosa Mar 5, 1960
- The Cartwrights help search for three Army prisoners who stole Adam's gun and hid on the Ponderosa.
- 26. The Avenger Mar 19, 1960
- Adam and Ben are accused of murdering a cattle buyer on the testimony of the victim's daughter.
- 27. The Last Trophy Mar 26, 1960
- A Britisher (Edward Ashley), once a great game hunter, visits the Ponderosa and displays cowardice.
- 28. San Francisco Apr 2, 1960
- Two traildrivers are shanghaied shortly after the Ponderosa cattle herd arrives in San Francisco.
- 29. Bitter Water Apr 9, 1960
- A miner persuades a prospective son-in-law to sell him land that supplies water to the Ponderosa.
- 30. Feet of Clay Apr 16, 1960
- The Cartwrights take in a motherless boy whose father is in prison for murder; guest David Ladd.
Timeline of the all episodes below.Bonanza is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973.
Bonanza: Created by David Dortort, Fred Hamilton. With Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts. The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
S1.E1 ∙ A Rose for Lotta. Lotta Crabtree is hired by mining tycoon Alpheus Troy to lure one of the Cartwrights into town and hold him for ransom in exchange for Ponderosa timber rights.
Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, Bonanza is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's Gunsmoke), and one of the longest-running, live-action American series.
Hoss scares a bear that has treed a green-clad little man, subsequently finds a buried strongbox filled with bags of gold dust and, when both the treasure and its owner disappear, unsuccessfully tries to convince his skeptical family that he'd discovered a leprechaun's hoard.
Mar 13, 2024 · Bonanza, American television series that ran on NBC from 1959 to 1973. Bonanza’s 14 seasons and 440 episodes made it the second-longest-running western in broadcast history, after Gunsmoke.
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