Ponderosa Steakhouse and Bonanza Steakhouse under the Metromedia Restaurant Group. The names of the restaurants were derived from the classic TV series "Bonanza", which was set at a place called Ponderosa Ranch. In 1963, Dan Blocker, who played Eric "Hoss" Cartwright on "Bonanza", started the Bonanza Steakhouse chain. The first Bonanza opened in Westport, Connecticut. Sam Wyly and his brother Charles Wyly bought the small Bonanza restaurant chain three years later. The company grew to approximately 600 restaurants by 1989, when the Wylys sold it to Metromedia. In 1965, Dan Lasater, Norm Wiese and Charles Kleptz founded Ponderosa in Kokomo, Indiana, moving the headquarters to
Kelly Cartwright losing her leg, she played netball. She climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in 2009. , she works as a receptionist. She is also an Australian Paralympic Committee and Make-A-Wish Foundation ambassador. In 2012, she was named one of "Zoo Weekly"s sexiest Paralympians. Cartwright appeared on the fifteenth season of "Dancing with the Stars". She has a son (born 4 January 2016) with her partner Ryan. Cartwright is a T42 classified runner. She is coached by Tim Matthews. In 2008, she had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport. , she has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport. Cartwright started