Ponderosa Ranch According to the Andersons, tourists would regularly show up at their gates asking where the Ponderosa was. Smelling opportunity, the Andersons contacted NBC and "Bonanza" creator-producer David Dortort. They proposed turning their small ranch into a theme park. NBC, Dortort, and the cast saw the tie-in as a "bonanza" for everyone. All parties being of one accord, the cast agreed to promos being shot at the ranch site and the Virginia City set - including the nearby Silver Dollar Saloon - for financial consideration. The ads stimulated revenue for the park. The park opened to the public in 1968, complete
Thomas Cartwright (architect) 1668. He was the architect employed by Sir Robert Clayton, president of the St Thomas' Hospital, to rebuild and the hospital and nearby St Thomas Church on St Thomas Street, SE1, on what is now the site of London Bridge Station. Thomas Cartwright (architect) Thomas Cartwright (c. 1635 – 27 December 1703) was a 17th-century English architect. Cartwright was born in Hertfordshire; his parents were Timothy Cartwright of Gloucestershire and Penelope Segar, whose first husband was Nicholas Charles. Cartwright became a Liveryman of the Masons' Company, and was worked in London on numerous buildings in the aftermath of the Great