Ponderosa Ranch However, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, and David Canary often made appearances at the ranch in costume to mingle with fans and sign autographs. Blocker died in 1972, and NBC canceled the series the following year. Canary, dressed in character as Candy, made his last visit there in 2002 for a PAX-TV special. Mitch Vogel (Jamie Cartwright) appeared at the ranch for the Travel Channel's "TV Road Trip" in 2002, in which he pitched a behind-the-scenes look at the Ponderosa Ranch and Incline Village. Copies of the "Ponderosa Map", autographed by three of the Cartwrights, became souvenirs at the
Bonanza Gift Shop Casino and Money Tree Casino. It was the "Las Vegas Review-Journal"'s online readers pick for "Best Gift Shop" in 2006. In 2016, the property was sold for $50 million to Haim Gabay, who had been operating the store as a tenant for a year. The shop was featured on the PBS show "Going Places". This store features in the 2016 Nicolas Cage movie "The Trust". Bonanza Gift Shop Bonanza Gift Shop is a landmark located on the Las Vegas Strip between the SLS Las Vegas and the Stratosphere Las Vegas. It is billed as the "World's Largest Gift Shop" with