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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.
S3, EP29 "Inger, My Love"
Ben recalls how he, then a widower with a young son, met and married Inger, his Swedish second wife, in Illinois.
S1, EP31 "Dark Star"
Little Joe falls for a girl who has been disowned by her people because they think she is a witch and, therefore, an outcast.
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, EP3 "Badge Without Honor"
A Deputy U.S. Marshal arrives to escort a man to California to testify against a gang; guest Dan Duryea.
S3, EP31 "The Dowry"
The Cartwrights take in a wounded man, his daughter and her fiance after they claim to have been robbed of the girl's dowry.
S3, EP30 "Blessed Are They"
Townspeople turn to Ben when two families' feud threatens to explode into violence; guest Robert Brown.
S3, EP28 "The Crucible"
Adam is tortured by a mad prospector (Lee Marvin) when he stumbles upon the man's camp after being robbed in the desert.
