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Statehood convention delegates debate over which side Nevada will take in the Civil War. Little Joe's romance with the daughter of a Confederate sympathizer brings tensions between him and Adam.
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Mexican patriots loyal to Benito Juárez come to the Ponderosa in order to rob a gold wagon needed for the Mexican revolution and smuggled by Emperor Maximilian.
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Hoss develops amnesia following a bushwhacking and is taken in by a Dutch couple mourning their son's death. They plan to take him to Michigan with them.
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Hoss is the only one on a jury who believes a ne'er-do-well is innocent of murder. Since he doesn't agree with the other judges, he's accused of bribery.
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Hoss loses his Kentucky racehorse in a poker game and he wants it back. The Cartwright brothers try to come out ahead in the Virginia City Sweepstakes.
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A reformed convict is forced to switch identities with his evil twin, who is wanted for murdering a rancher and stealing a horse.
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The Cartwrights face a dilemma when their neighbor Bill Winters (Robert Sampson) is wanted for deserting the Army ten years ago.
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Joe and five people are stranded after a stagecoach wreck. Joe is accused of murder when a man is found killed by Joe's knife.
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for episode 1, "The First Born"; episode 2, "The Quest", and episode 7, "The War Comes to Washoe". Additional locations were
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Bing Russell was added to the series as recurring character Deputy Clem Foster beginning with episode 18, "Half a Rouge".
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Hoss inadvertently starts a romantic triangle when he meets his friend's mail-order bride, who falls in love with him.
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on September 23, 1962, with the final episode airing May 26, 1963. The series was developed and produced by
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An old Army buddy of Ben's jeopardizes the Cartwrights and a Ponderosa land deal with his lies.
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In order to prove himself a man, Joe sets out to win a big timber contract for the Ponderosa.
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Adam considers rejecting the violent way of life in the West after shooting Joe by accident.
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Joe pursues a cold-blooded killer who used a tricky legal maneuver to escape justice.
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Ben remembers his courtship in New Orleans of Joe's mother and third wife, Marie (
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Joe must decide what to do when he learns that new ranch hand Clay Stafford (
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The Cartwrights attempt to start a rally against the tyrannical owner (
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Joe's girlfriend Ann Wilson (Toby Michaels) and her uncle Fred (
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An Italian immigrant loses respect for his father (
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Parsons 956:A desperate fugitive ( 2824:Bonanza: Under Attack 2565:McNeil, Alex (1996). 2342:, pp. 5, 65–157. 2194:) when he meets Hoss. 2036:May 5, 1963 1907:"My Brother's Keeper" 1439:"Elegy for a Hangman" 1309:Robert Vincent Wright 1220: : Norman Jacob 1195:Hoss helps out Will ( 314:as Deputy Clem Foster 308:as Sheriff Roy Coffee 230:Virginia City, Nevada 2174: : Eric Norden 2128:and Paul Leslie Peil 2073:"Rich Man, Poor Man" 1975:Betsy Jones-Moreland 1945:"Five into the Wind" 1813:) of her alcoholism. 1580:and Anthony Lawrence 1261:"The Good Samaritan" 1225: : Frank Chase 474:Betsy Jones-Moreland 2817:Bonanza: The Return 2529:. BearManor Media. 2508:. BearManor Media. 1443:Hollingsworth Morse 682: 680:, season 4 episodes 252:Cast and characters 2360:ClassicTVGuide.com 2330:, pp. 83, 88. 2250:Nominee(s) / Work 1948:William F. Claxton 1754:Raphael David Blau 1745:"The Way of Aaron" 1620:William F. Claxton 1578:Anne Howard Bailey 1528:William F. 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Index

Cast of Bonanza in 1959
Bonanza
Lorne Greene
Pernell Roberts
Dan Blocker
Michael Landon
NBC
Season 3
Season 5
List of episodes
Western television
Bonanza
NBC
David Dortort
Lorne Greene
Pernell Roberts
Dan Blocker
Michael Landon
color
Nielsen ratings
Ponderosa Ranch
Virginia City, Nevada
Ben Cartwright
Adam
"Hoss"
Joseph
List of Bonanza characters
Lorne Greene
Pernell Roberts
Dan Blocker

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