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 23, 1962Clay Stafford just arrived in Virginia City but already seems to know who Joe...
Aired: Sep 30, 1962Wanting to prove his independence and (at the same time) break out of the sha...
Aired: Oct 7, 1962Matthew Raine, once a world-class artist, has lost his sight due to disease. ...
Aired: Oct 14, 1962While making a payment delivery, Hoss is wrongfully accused of being a bank r...
Aired: Oct 21, 1962An Army Colonel comes to the Ponderosa looking for a man who was under his co...
Aired: Oct 29, 1962Adam finds shelter overnight at a stagecoach way station. There he meets othe...
Aired: Nov 4, 1962Civil War politics and Little Joe's romance with the daughter of an important...
Aired: Nov 18, 1962Hoss Cartwright's good deed results in hard feelings when the mail order brid...
Aired: Nov 25, 1962The Cartwrights find Billy Horn, a young man who was taken captive and raised...
Aired: Dec 2, 1962Mexican freedom fighters loyal to Benito Juárez take over the Ponderosa, grav...
Aired: Dec 9, 1962Will and Charlie bury their father with the help of Hoss. He decides to help ...
Aired: Dec 16, 1962Hoss suffers a life-threatening injury. Only surgery by a doctor in jail for ...
Aired: Dec 23, 1962A jilted friend of Hoss can't seem to shake the bottle. When a woman and her ...
Aired: Dec 30, 1962Hoss faces scorn and accusations of bribery when he refuses to vote with his ...
Aired: Jan 6, 1963One of Ben Cartwright's old war buddies who claims to be a business tycoon de...
Aired: Jan 13, 1963Incriminating scratches on cowhand Danny Morgan's arm and his penchant for ri...
Aired: Jan 20, 1963Adam helps an angry young man to confront the "hanging judge" who sentenced h...
Aired: Jan 27, 1963Hoss harbors kindred spirit Big Jim Layton on the Ponderosa while trying to c...
Aired: Feb 3, 1963Little Joe finds himself at the scene of a murder, and befriends the victim's...
Aired: Feb 10, 1963Ben recounts his adventure in New Orleans during which he met his third wife,...
Aired: Feb 17, 1963Unlucky Hoss loses his valuable Kentucky thoroughbred racehorse in a poker ga...
Aired: Feb 24, 1963Little Joe falls in love with a beautiful woman who aspires to be an actress.
23. A Stranger Passed This Way
Aired: Mar 3, 1963Bushwacked and suffering from amnesia, Hoss is found wandering down the road ...
Aired: Mar 10, 1963Adam helps a beautiful woman, and her father, a peddler of devout Jewish faith.
Aired: Mar 17, 1963An alcoholic saloon girl changes her life with the help of Ben and an ex-priz...
Aired: Mar 24, 1963Attacked by outlaws, Hoss takes cover in a prospector's shack with the old pr...
Aired: Mar 31, 1963One of Ben's ranch hands on the Ponderosa finds his past catching up with him...
Aired: Apr 7, 1963During a wolf hunt, Adam accidentally shoots Little Joe, and must find help i...
Aired: Apr 21, 1963A stagecoach accident in a windstorm leaves 5 stranded, after which Little Jo...
Aired: Apr 28, 1963Hoss tries to help Whizzer McGee, a man with a short height, short fuse, thin...
Aired: May 5, 1963While Ann Wilson and her Uncle Fred are en route to her boyfriend Joe's birth...
Aired: May 12, 1963When Claude Miller is fired from his latest job, his girl and Little Joe sche...
Aired: May 19, 1963Ben confronts a former friend who has become a local strongman after monopoli...
34. Little Man... Ten Feet Tall
Aired: May 26, 1963An Italian immigrant and his son seek a new life after fleeing violence in th...
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