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S1·E1 A Rose for LottaLotta Crabtree is hired by mining tycoon Alpheus Troy to lure one of the Cartwrights into town and hold him for ransom in exchange for Ponderosa timber rights.
S1·E2 Death on Sun MountainGreedy opportunist Mark Burdette and his accomplice Early Thorne stir up trouble between the Paiute tribe and the citizens of Virginia City. Ben discovers Burdette and…
S1·E3 The NewcomersJohn Pennington and his crew want to mine the Ponderosa land by hydraulic means. Ben is totally against this method and evicts them in short order. Hoss is given the…
S1·E4 The Paiute WarTrader Mike Wilson attempts to escape punishment by the Paiute Indians after mistreating two of their women, by placing the blame on Adam. A fierce war between the…
S1·E5 Enter Mark TwainSamuel Clemens arrives in Virginia City to write for the Territorial Enterprise at the same time a crooked politician tries to lay claim on the Ponderosa.
S1·E6 The Julia Bulette StoryLittle Joe is infatuated wih saloon owner Julia Bulette, whom he imagines is like his late mother. First episode to reveal backround details concerning Marie…
S1·E7 The Saga of Annie O'TooleAdam defends the mining claim of Annie O' Toole in a court presided over by Judge Ben Cartwright. Annie comes to the Washoe Diggings with a claim to a mine filed by her…
S1·E8 The Phillip Diedesheimer StoryAdam and Hoss assist a German engineer in developing the concept of "square set timbering" in the mines. Based on fact, and the first episode not to include all four…
S1·E9 Mr. Henry ComstockIn a flashback, the legendary prospector arrives on the Ponderosa and participates in the founding of Virginia City. Coincidentally, guest star Jack Carson played a…
S1·E10 The Magnificent AdahVirginia City is visited by actress Adah Issacs Menken, who happens to be an old acquaintance of Ben's. Joe is badly beaten by Adah's jealous suitor, John C. Regan, who…
S1·E11 The Truckee StripLuther Bishop and Ben Cartwright have had an ongoing land dispute for a number of years, over a small tract called the Truckee Strip. One of Bishop's employee's has a…
S1·E12 The Hanging PosseAdam and Joe reluctantly join a group of vengeful townsmen, who are out to lynch the three men who supposedly killed Vannie Johnson. The posse is run by Paiute Scroggs…
S1·E13 VendettaIn a variation of "High Noon", Ben and Hoss must face a gang of outlaws practically all alone when most of Virginia City's citizens go into hiding. The most…
S1·E14 The SistersThis episode begins with Adam defending the honor of Sue Ellen Terry in a duel. No one gets shot because the other man misses Adam and Adam generously shoots in the air…
S1·E15 The Last HuntHoss and Joe come across a pregnant Indian woman while hunting bighorn sheep and must deliver her baby. Despite touches of humor, including a scene in which Joe refers…
S1·E16 El Toro GrandeBen sends Hoss and Joe to Monterey to purchase an expensive seed bull. The first of Blocker and Landon's many comic misadventures, although the casual use of violence,…
S1·E17 The OutcastBecause she is related to criminals, a young woman is ostracized by everyone but the the Cartwrights. She unwisely seeks solace with an ex-con friend of Joe's, Clay…
S1·E18 A House DividedAs the Civil War approaches, Adam and Joe clash over which side to support. The situation is complicated by the arrival of Frederick Kyle, a Southern sympathizer. He…
S1·E19 The GunmenIn the first all-out comic episode of the series, Hoss and Joe travel to Kiowa Flats, Texas, where they are mistaken for the notorious Slade Brothers, also played by…
S1·E20 The Fear MerchantsThe Cartwrights encounter racial bigotry in Virginia City and end up protecting a Chinese boy from mob violence. Victor Sen Yung, in his largest role to date, speaks…
S1·E21 The Spanish GrantIn "The Spanish Grant", a young bargirl, Rosita Morales is pretending to be a Spanish noblewoman named Isabella Marie Inez de la Cuesta and at the end of the story, it's…
S1·E22 Blood on the LandA shiftless sheepherder, Jeb Drummond, encroaches his herd of sheep on the Ponderosa and refuses to budge. He resists all of Ben's attempts to throw him off his land…
S1·E23 Desert JusticeWhen a tough U.S. Marshal from California arrests a Ponderosa hand, Dave Walker, for murder, Adam and Hoss go along to make sure their employee reaches Los Angeles…
S1·E24 The StrangerNevada Territory is awaiting statehood, and Ben considers running for governor until he learns he is wanted for murder in New Orleans. Inspector Charles Leduque arrives…
S1·E25 Escape to PonderosaAfter Adam is bushwhacked by three army deserters, Ben tracks them down, and tackles the brutal Captain Bolton who is pursuing them.
S1·E26 The AvengerA restaurant owner whom Ben and Adam have confronted over stolen Ponderosa beef ends up dead one night. His daughter, Sally Byrnes runs the cafe and in her resentment,…
S1·E27 The Last TrophyAdam takes Ben's friends, Lord Marion Dunsworth and Lady Beatrice, on a hunting expedition, and they are captured by a gang of crude thieves and murderers. During one…
S1·E28 San FranciscoIn this comic episode, the first to take place far from the ranch, Ben, Hoss, and Joe deliver a herd to San Francisco. Although he warns his sons to be careful in the…
S1·E29 Bitter WaterLen Keith, a miner, wants to purchase some land adjacent to the Ponderosa from rancher Andy McKaren. Andy's son, Tod, is anxious to sell. Keith has offered him a…
S1·E30 Feet of ClayHoss takes Billy Allen, the young son of a convicted felon under his wing, then is forced to kill his father and Billy will not forgive him. The most emotional Hoss…
S1·E31 Dark StarJoe falls in love with Tirza, an undeniably strange gypsy girl who says she is cursed and never does seem to "snap out of it". The first episode of the series with a…
S1·E32 Death at DawnVirginia City is plagued by organized crime, Sam Bryant and his gang. One of his men, Farmer Perkins, kills a storekeeper, and at his trial, the wife of the store owner…Cast
J
Jack Gordon
Juror (uncredited)
R
Rudy Doucette
Barfly (uncredited)
J
John Breen
Barfly (uncredited)
B
Bill Clark
Townsman (uncredited)
R
Roy Engel
Doc Martin (uncredited)
C
Charles Maxwell
Jack Groat
H
Herschel Graham
Townsman (uncredited)
R
Ron Nyman
Miner (uncredited)
H
Hans Moebus
Party Guest (uncredited)
R
Russell Custer
Party Guest (uncredited)
E
Emile Avery
Townsman (uncredited)
W
William Meader
Man Questioned During Search (uncredited)
K
Katie Sweet
Peggy Dayton
S
Sammy Shack
Townsman (uncredited)
C
Chalky Williams
Townsman (uncredited)
G
George Ford
Delegate (uncredited)
J
Joe Garcio
Bartender (uncredited)
Crew
- Creator
- David Dortort
- Composer
- David Rose
Details
- First air date
- Sep 12, 1959
- Last air date
- Jan 16, 1973
- Seasons
- 14
- Episodes
- 431
- Episode runtime
- 49 min
- Network
- NBC
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- NBC, NBC Studios
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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