Here's a great post about the Ponderosa Ranch and the Cartwright clan by Lisa Wetzel ... A Local favorite in Northern Nevada, TV's Bonanza is 50 Years Old!
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Hoss and Joe and Adam Know Every Rock and Pine! ... Bonanza Celebrate 50 Years As One Of America's Favorite TV Shows.
Hoss and Joe and Adam Know Every Rock and Pine! ... Bonanza Celebrate 50 Years As One Of America's
Favorite TV Shows. How many know that those words are part of the lyrics of the actual theme song from the popular show? Loren Green ... Ben Cartwright from the series released an album in the late 60's with the same title. As a young girl visiting my Grandma in the tiny Colorado town of Walden I listened and listened to that record until the words were etched into my brain.
This week one of America's iconic television series celebrates 50 years of family entertainment with activities and events in Nevada and California. For die hard fans there is even a scheduled DVD Release of the first few seasons.
Living in Northern Nevada in the vicinity of Bonanza's historic setting endears this particular TV series to me more than most. I have fond memories of the Sunday evening ritual Hucklleberry Hound, the Wonderful World of Disney and then ... Bonanza! My mom never missed her favorite show! My sisters and I fell asleep many Sunday evenings listening to that thundering intro and watching the Cartwrights live and work on the Ponderosa..
Today, through the miracle of TVLAND, I have a new Sunday ritual. Today I spend many Sunday mornings watching Ben, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe ride the Ponderosa again ... this time with my 9 year old grandson, Gabe!
As when I was his age, Gabe loves to see the local sites on TV and always waits to point out where we live on the blazing map maps that signals that another Bonanza episode is about to begin.
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Somewhere in our photos, my wife and I have a photo from outside the Bonanza ranch. It was closed the day we went by on our way home and for the past 15 years we keep saying we will go back. Maybe it is finally time to actually make the trip back to Nevada.
