The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
The Cartwrights' one-thousand-square-mile Ponderosa Ranch is located near Virginia City, Nevada, site of the Comstock Silver Lode, during and after the Civil War. Each of the three sons was born to a different wife of Ben's; none of the mothers are still alive. Adventures are typical Western ones, with lots of personal relationships/problems thrown in as well.
1. The Night Virginia City Died
Aired: Sep 13, 1970A series of destructive fires has Virginia City residents on edge and anxious...
Aired: Sep 20, 1970An orphaned rainmaker named Jamie Hunter comes to Virginia City, hoping to he...
Aired: Sep 27, 1970The Cartwrights lend their support to The Weary Willies, a group of Civil War...
Aired: Oct 4, 1970A murder suspect escapes a prison wagon. Sheriff Price Buchanan, who covets a...
5. The Power of Life and Death
Aired: Oct 11, 1970Ben and Joe Cartwright are part of a posse that is after Davis, who shot and ...
Aired: Oct 18, 1970Gideon Yates, a corrupt lawman whose wife had shot her soon-to-be ex-husband ...
Aired: Oct 25, 1970Hoss unwittingly volunteers to be named sheriff of an aptly named town named ...
Aired: Nov 1, 1970After Ben is seriously injured in a horse-riding accident far from home, Joe ...
Aired: Nov 8, 1970Old-school Zach Randolph refuses to make amends with his gravely ill daughter...
Aired: Nov 15, 1970The Cartwrights come to the aid of Mexican farmers in the Prince River vicini...
11. The Luck of Pepper Shannon
Aired: Nov 22, 1970A reformed outlaw named Pepper Shannon comes to the Ponderosa seeking a job. ...
Aired: Dec 13, 1970Joe and Hoss pose as stagecoach robbers in an effort to track down their stol...
Aired: Dec 20, 1970Honest John, a drifter, is looking for a nest and hopes to settle on the Pond...
Aired: Dec 27, 1970Jamie's friend Carrie Sturgis, herself an orphan, is the subject of a heated ...
Aired: Jan 3, 1971Hoss is seriously wounded by a member of the Brennan clan, Virginia natives w...
Aired: Jan 10, 1971In this adaptation of the Prodigal Son, Jamie - who is struggling to adjust t...
Aired: Jan 17, 1971During a cattle drive, Ben finds himself involved in a power struggle between...
Aired: Jan 31, 1971Ben's dead-on lookalike, the scheming Bradley Meredith, causes serious proble...
Aired: Feb 7, 1971It's a case of reverse racism, as a white-hating black outlaw couple kidnap H...
Aired: Feb 14, 1971Leslie and Gillian Harwood come to Nevada from England to take over the opera...
Aired: Feb 21, 1971Gen. Ira Cloninger, an old friend of the Cartwrights, is toasted at a ceremon...
Aired: Feb 28, 1971When an influenza outbreak strikes the Ponderosa, the treatment methods and p...
Aired: Mar 7, 1971A white supremacist named Mr. Ganns plans to disrupt a peace-treaty signing b...
Aired: Mar 14, 1971Little Joe is blinded by an explosion and wallows in self-pity as he struggle...
Aired: Mar 21, 1971Ben's friend, April Christopher, is bitten by a rabid wolf during her visit. ...
Aired: Mar 28, 1971During a harsh winter that kills off the stock of many ranchers, Ben offers t...
Aired: Apr 4, 1971A delusional mining tycoon has the Cartwrights and Candy arrested on false tr...
28. An Earthquake Called Callahan
Aired: Apr 11, 1971A traveling professional boxer named Tom Callahan is the only person who can ...
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