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.
Aired: Sep 19, 1971Against Ben's orders, Jamie drives a supply wagon on a route he's not suppose...
Aired: Sep 26, 1971Jill Conway is an alcoholic mother whose husband was sent to prison (for robb...
Aired: Oct 3, 1971Two ranchers find a seriously wounded Little Joe in the Nevada desert. As he ...
Aired: Oct 10, 1971A "beautiful baby" contest that Hoss is judging quickly turns into a circus, ...
Aired: Oct 17, 1971Little Joe helps an old-time sheriff escort cunning outlaw Hank Simmons to ja...
Aired: Oct 24, 1971The Cartwrights assist Jamie's friend, Cassie O'Casey, and Cassie's mother in...
Aired: Oct 31, 1971Virginia City's new doctor, Mark Sloan, is dealt a double-blow when his wife ...
Aired: Nov 14, 1971Jamie's girlfriend, Neta Thatcher, witnesses a drifter named Griff Bannon rob...
Aired: Nov 21, 1971Civil War veteran Will Hewitt returns to Virginia City, blinded and determine...
Aired: Nov 28, 1971Vengeful Senator Bennett pins the blame on Hoss when his son is killed by his...
Aired: Dec 5, 1971Jamie and three of his schoolmates - Lester, Judith and Roberto - are kidnapp...
Aired: Dec 12, 1971In the third and final episode featuring the Calhouns, Luke is bankrupted aft...
Aired: Dec 19, 1971Ben begins the process to legally adopt Jamie as his son, but the process is ...
Aired: Dec 26, 1971Joe is caught in the middle of a bitter dispute between an aging Native Ameri...
Aired: Jan 2, 1972In a rare episode with Hop Sing in the spotlight, the Cartwrights' cook is pa...
Aired: Jan 9, 1972Hoss turns to a clairvoyant named Judith Corman to help in a search for Jamie...
Aired: Jan 16, 1972Cactus Murphy, an embittered ranch whom Ben fired, suggests that the Cartwrig...
Aired: Jan 30, 1972Ben's friendship with the Kosovos, a young immigrant family from Serbia, puts...
19. The Customs of the Country
Aired: Feb 6, 1972In a satirical look at unusual, silly laws and customs, Joe and Hoss try to e...
Aired: Feb 13, 1972A band of rogue ex-Confederate soldiers comes to the Ponderosa to demand a $2...
Aired: Feb 20, 1972The Cartwrights attempt to reconstruct a 24-hour period of Ben's life after h...
Aired: Mar 5, 1972Jamie's 7-year-old friend, Jonah Morgan, is badly wounded when he and Jamie w...
23. The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother
Aired: Mar 12, 1972It's a case of comic mistaken identity when Hoss - on a delivery run for the ...
Aired: Mar 19, 1972A friend of Ben's asks to stay at the Ponderosa for a time. Soon Ben discover...
Aired: Mar 26, 1972Ben's ability to close a lucrative cattle purchase with a picky heiress hinge...
Aired: Apr 2, 1972In his second attempt to cash in on Ben's good name, crooked lookalike Bradle...
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