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Bonanza: When Mark Twain Arrived in Virginia City

November 9, 2026 by Sitcom Buzz Staff
Bonanza: When Mark Twain Arrived in Virginia City

Howard Duff plays Samuel Clemens in Bonanza’s Enter Mark Twain, an episode involving newspaper stories, a crooked judge and a threat to the Ponderosa.

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Bonanza’s “The Paiute War”: Adam Cartwright Faces a Dangerous Accusation

November 8, 2026 by Sitcom Buzz Staff
Photo of the main cast of Bonanza. From left: Dan Blocker (Hoss), Michael Landon (Little Joe), Lorne Greene (Ben), Pernell Roberts (Adam).

Bonanza’s “The Paiute War”: Adam Cartwright Faces a Dangerous Accusation

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Bonanza: The Newcomers — Hoss Meets a Woman with a Secret

November 6, 2026 by Sitcom Buzz Staff
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In Bonanza’s “The Newcomers,” Hoss meets Emily Pennington as her party’s plans to mine the Ponderosa create trouble for the Cartwrights.

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Bonanza: “Death on Sun Mountain” — A Fight Over the Antelope Herds

November 5, 2026 by Sitcom Buzz Staff
Photo of the main cast of Bonanza. From left: Dan Blocker (Hoss), Michael Landon (Little Joe), Lorne Greene (Ben), Pernell Roberts (Adam).

Bonanza’s “Death on Sun Mountain” brings the Cartwrights into a dangerous dispute involving antelope herds, Paiute people and Virginia City miners.

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Bonanza’s First Episode: The Scheme That Put Little Joe in Danger

November 4, 2026 by Sitcom Buzz Staff
Photo of the main cast of Bonanza. From left: Dan Blocker (Hoss), Michael Landon (Little Joe), Lorne Greene (Ben), Pernell Roberts (Adam).

Bonanza began with a dangerous scheme against the Ponderosa. Meet Lotta Crabtree and revisit the Cartwright family’s first television adventure.

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