Season 1 (Episode 13) Air Date: 5 December 1959 Writer: Robert E. Thompson Director: Joseph Kane Synopsis Ben is injured after he kills a man during a bank robbery. The man’s brothers decide to seek revenge and head back to Virginia City. Hoss tries to enlist the help of the Read more
Season 1 (Episode 12) Air Date: 28 November 1959 Writer: Carey Wilber Director: Christian Nyby Synopsis After Annie Johnson is murdered, her husband, Flint organises a posse to go after the wanted men. Sensing a lynch mob mentality, Adam and Joe decide to join the posse. Not liking the way Read more
Season 1 (Episode 11) Air Date: 21 November 1959 Writer: Herman Groves Director: Christian Nyby Synopsis Little Joe falls for Amy, the daughter of Luther Bishop. The Bishops and the Cartwrights have been involved in a feud over a piece of land called the Truckee Strip. Even though a court Read more
Season 1 (Episode 10) Air Date: 14 November 1959 Writer: Donald S. Sanford Director: Christian Nyby Synopsis The arrival of the famous actress Adah Isaacs Menken in Virginia City causes various reactions. Adam, Hoss, and Joe believe that their father intends to marry the actress and set about trying to Read more
Season 1 (Episode 9) Air Date: 7 November 1959 Writer: David Dortort Director: John Brahm Synopsis The Cartwrights run into an old miner who has supposedly brought the Ponderosa. After inspecting the land deed, they realise that the miner has been conned by Henry T.P. Comstock. The Cartwrights then proceed Read more
Season 1 (Episode 8) Air Date: 31 October 1959 Writer: Thomas Thompson Director: Joseph Kane Synopsis Adam and Hoss team up with Philip Diedesheimer to improve mining conditions. Diedesheimer’s radical new approach to underground mining is rejected by the mine owners. Even when tragedy strikes, the three men still face Read more
Season 1 (Episode 7) Air Date: 24 October 1959 Writer: Thomas Thompson Director: Joseph Kane Synopsis Annie O’Toole arrives at the Washoe Diggings to claim land that was given to her by Swede Lundberg. With the help of Adam, she establishes a restaurant that becomes very popular with the miners. Read more
Season 1 (Episode 6) Air Date: 17 October 1959 Writer: Al C. Ward Director: Christian Nyby Synopsis Joe falls for local saloon owner Julia Bulette much to the dismay of his father Ben. The town’s and his father’s disapproval of Julia angers Joe causing him to leave home. However, Julia Read more
Season 1 (Episode 5) Air Date: 10 October 1959 Writer: Harold Shumate Director: Paul Landres Synopsis Sam Clemens arrives in Virginia City to take up a job at the Territorial Enterprise. He initially gets on the wrong side of the Cartwrights but soon teams up with them to battle a Read more
Season 1 (Episode 4) Air Date: 3 October 1959 Writer: Gene L. Coon Director: Paul Landres Synopsis After helping rescue two Indian women, Adam finds that he is in the middle of a potential Indian uprising, when Mike Wilson tells everybody that the Paiutes attacked him. The potential war escalates Read more
Season 1 (Episode 3) Air Date: 26 September 1959 Writer: Thomas Thompson Director: Christian Nyby Synopsis Hoss is given the job of escorting unwanted visitors off the Ponderosa. What he doesn’t know is that one of the visitors has other plans and has no intention of leaving. Guest Stars Inger Read more
Season 1 (Episode 2) Air Date: 19 September 1959 Writers: Gene L. Coon and David Dortort Director: Paul Landres Synopsis The Cartwrights meet Mark Burdette, who is out to make his “bonanza” by selling antelope meat to miners at inflated prices. Ben decides to sell beef to the miners at Read more