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. Something Hurt, Something Wild
Aired: Sep 11, 1966Little Joe is accused of assaulting Laurie Ferguson.
Aired: Sep 18, 1966Colonel Robert Fairchild is an old friend of the Cartwright clan and a member...
Aired: Sep 25, 1966Angered that his longtime friend, Ben Cartwright, would ask him to retire int...
Aired: Oct 2, 1966The Cartwrights come to the aid of a Mormon rancher being persecuted for his ...
Aired: Oct 9, 1966Mormon rancher Heber Clauson is forced out of town by bigots with his two wiv...
Aired: Oct 16, 1966Hoss falls for a cold, indifferent woman with a shady past.
Aired: Oct 23, 1966When it's unclear which of their two bullets, fired simultaneously, brought d...
Aired: Oct 30, 1966Four sisters come from Boston to try to prevent a property left to them by th...
Aired: Nov 6, 1966Charlie is well liked by everyone. He's always full of stories and plans for ...
Aired: Nov 13, 1966A balladeer blames Ben for the hanging of his father.
Aired: Nov 20, 1966Mean Big Charlie Monahan makes his son promise to kill Ben Cartwright after B...
12. A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town
Aired: Nov 27, 1966Special Deputy Hoss goes in search of the gunman who shot Little Joe, tanglin...
Aired: Dec 4, 1966Maggie Dowling's father's indifferent insults about her appearance, and his e...
Aired: Dec 18, 1966The Cartwrights protect a deaf-mute boy and his mother from his outlaw stepfa...
Aired: Dec 25, 1966A singer returns to Virginia City for Christmas along with his scheming uncle.
Aired: Jan 1, 1967Brothers Hoss and Little Joe are sweet-talked by a pair of con men into "inve...
Aired: Jan 8, 1967Joe sets out to avenge the death of his fiancée at the hands of a shy bank cl...
Aired: Jan 15, 1967Hoss must find out if a renowned saloon girl's sudden interest in a miner is ...
Aired: Jan 22, 1967Little Joe puts his life on the line to help sick friend-turned-gunfighter, S...
Aired: Jan 29, 1967Ben visits his old friend Paul Rowan, the sheriff of Concho. His wife Katheri...
Aired: Feb 5, 1967Initially suspected as being part of the bank-robbing Hollister gang while on...
Aired: Feb 12, 1967While riding posse after a band of vicious marauders led by a renegade ex-cav...
Aired: Feb 19, 1967Ben has a problem on his hands when the girl he protected from her alcoholic ...
Aired: Feb 26, 1967A marshal's brother is shot by two men who held up the stage depot. Little Jo...
Aired: Mar 5, 1967After Joe gets hooked on detective novels, he becomes suspicious of two stran...
26. Dark Enough to See the Stars
Aired: Mar 12, 1967Ben begins to suspect that the shy young drifter he hired as a ranch hand may...
Aired: Mar 26, 1967A bigot complicates Ben's efforts to help an immigrant wine-growing family.
Aired: Apr 2, 1967Russian siblings Count Alexis and Countess Elena visit the Ponderosa where a ...
Aired: Apr 9, 1967Matt Jeffers is about to lose his land. Back taxes, no water and owes his for...
Aired: Apr 16, 1967A gunslinger who believes he's Napoleon leads an army to terrorize Virginia C...
Aired: Apr 23, 1967A pretty woman arrives by stage and places this Notice up: "I will pay $1000....
Aired: Apr 30, 1967The Cartwrights get more than they bargained for when they welcome snobbish a...
Aired: May 7, 1967A phony fortuneteller tells Hoss that he's a master violinist.
Aired: May 14, 1967The Cartwrights fear they may have to fend off a gold-rush when word spreads ...
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