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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, EP30 "Feet of Clay"
The Cartwrights befriend a boy whose father has been sent to jail and whose mother has recently died.
S2, EP6 "Denver McKee"
The Cartwrights' neighbor (Franchot Tone), a former soldier and lawman, seeks security for his daughter.
S2, EP7 "Day of Reckoning"
Hoss' bandit uncle decides to bypass the Ponderosa, but his gang disagrees.
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.
S3, EP27 "The Gamble"
A sheriff, his deputy and a livery stable owner of a distant town plot to rob the Cartwrights of $30,000.
S3, EP26 "Look to the Stars"
Ben helps future Nobel Prize-winner Albert Abraham Michelson obtain an education after being expelled from school as a troublemaker.
