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Ben Cartwright is the patriarch of an all-male Nevada ranching family. Set during and after the Civil War, "Bonanza" is the story of life on the family's thousand-acre spread, known as the Ponderosa, near Virginia City. Ben has his three sons, each with a different (and deceased) mother. Serious eldest son Adam hopes to follow in his father's footsteps; middle son Hoss is a gentle giant -- physically strong, but sometimes naive; and youngest son Little Joe is the most impetuous and romantic of the offspring.
S1, EP32 "Death at Dawn"
A member of a powerful gang murders a shopkeeper; the deputized Cartwrights sentence a murderer to hang at dawn when the leader of the gang kidnaps Ben and holds him hostage.
S2, EP1 "Showdown"
A young bank robber gets a job on the Ponderosa to prevent the sheriff from finding the other members of his gang.
S2, EP12 "The Savage"
Attacked by Shoshones while crossing a burial ground, Adam discovers that the Indian woman tending him is white.
S2, EP13 "Silent Thunder"
Little Joe runs into romantic complications when he tries to teach a deaf girl sign language; guest Albert Salmi.
S7, EP6 "Devil on Her Shoulder"
A religious group accuses a woman (Ina Balin) of witchcraft and abandons her in the wilderness.
S7, EP5 "The Lonely Runner"
A man (Gilbert Roland) loses his horse by court order, then is charged with murder when he fights to regain it.
S7, EP4 "The Other Son"
Hostility erupts between a mule-packer (Ed Begley) and his youngest son during the transport of explosives.
