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 22, 1963Hoss falls under the spell of a beautiful shady lady from San Francisco and a...
Aired: Sep 29, 1963Famous author Charles Dickens visits the Ponderosa, and finds himself embroil...
Aired: Oct 6, 1963A drought brings a rainmaker with a very sick daughter to Virginia City.
Aired: Oct 13, 1963Little Joe is attacked by outlaws, but finds that his biggest challenge is fi...
Aired: Oct 20, 1963Adam helps an alcoholic artist married to a lovely Piute woman to find a new ...
Aired: Oct 27, 1963A stagecoach containing Hoss and two nuns is robbed. Later, one of the badly ...
Aired: Nov 3, 1963Trouble with a capital "T" that rhymes with "C" comes to Virginia City when L...
Aired: Nov 10, 1963Ben finds Hoss in the barn waiting for a mare to give birth. Ben can't help b...
Aired: Nov 17, 1963Little Joe struggles with his conscience, trying to believe that his friend, ...
Aired: Dec 8, 1963When Frank Dayton is thrown from his horse and killed, his wife Laura tells t...
Aired: Dec 15, 1963When Ben goes missing and presumed dead after being shot by a poacher he was ...
Aired: Dec 22, 1963Hoss scares a bear that has treed a green-clad little man, subsequently finds...
Aired: Dec 29, 1963Ben Cartwright doubts his fitness to run the Ponderosa when his impatience re...
Aired: Jan 5, 1964Adam and Little Joe try to find a fair trial for a saloon girl accused of the...
Aired: Jan 12, 1964While Adam relies on his charm and guitar to impress a visiting senorita, Hos...
Aired: Jan 19, 1964Ben's plans to wed widow Katherine Saunders are jeopardized after her son is ...
Aired: Jan 26, 1964A stubborn, career army sergeant appears to be his only hope when Little Joe ...
18. The Gentleman from New Orleans
Aired: Feb 2, 1964Gullible Hoss meets a flamboyant, cutlass-brandishing drunk claiming to be no...
Aired: Feb 9, 1964Angry with Adam Cartwright for constantly criticizing her decisions and refus...
Aired: Feb 16, 1964Joe blames himself after a ricocheting bullet from his pistol blinds a young ...
Aired: Feb 23, 1964Hoss finds himself smack dab in the middle of a mountain family feud when he ...
Aired: Mar 1, 1964Ben's Pygmalion-like efforts to 'civilize' a young, white woman, raised by a ...
Aired: Mar 8, 1964When Hoss is set up to take the fall for a bank robbery in another town, the ...
Aired: Mar 15, 1964Certain that he is too old to stand against a notorious gang of bank robbers ...
Aired: Mar 22, 1964Ben gets word that his nephew Will has been murdered in nearby Pine City. As ...
Aired: Mar 29, 1964Hoss gets into a fight with a young drifter. When the sheriff breaks up the f...
Aired: Apr 5, 1964An Army lieutenant comes to the ranch with a wounded prisoner. When Will gets...
28. A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay
Aired: Apr 12, 1964A mix-up in his request for mail-order Chinese fireworks brings Hoss instead ...
Aired: Apr 19, 1964Mateo Ybarra travels to the Ponderosa in the hopes he can enlist the aid of h...
Aired: Apr 26, 1964A famous Italian opera singer is invited to sing at the local Virginia City o...
Aired: May 3, 1964Dev's line of work seems ordained given his past. When his quarry's wife turn...
Aired: May 10, 1964Virginia City gossip and meddling Aunt Lil combine with unexpected attention ...
Aired: May 17, 1964Laura's and Adam's wedding plans begin to derail when another man's kiss puts...
Aired: May 24, 1964Obie is going to visit his sister. The last time he saw her was 16 years ago....
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