Bonanza Tahoe-based "Ponderosa" theme park from 1967–2004; a line of American Character action figures in 1966–1967; Aladdin lunch buckets and thermos bottles in 1966–1968; View Master slide sets in 1964, 1971; Ponderosa tin cups from 1967–2004; a series of Hamilton collector plates in 1989–1990; and most recently, Breyer Fiftieth Anniversary Ponderosa Stable sets, with horses and Cartwright figures in 2009–2011. Fourteen "Bonanza" novels have been published: "Bonanza: A Novel" by Noel Loomis (1960); "Bonanza: One Man With Courage" by Thomas Thompson (1966); "Bonanza: Killer Lion" by Steve Frazee (1966); "Bonanza: Treachery Trail" by Harry Whittington (1968); "Winter Grass" by Dean Owen
Firehole Ranch Places under the name Watkins Creek Ranch on December 27, 2006. Firehole Ranch Firehole Ranch is a private 640-acre guest ranch located on Hebgen Lake in Gallatin County, Montana. Owned and operated by Lynda Caine since 1999, Firehole Ranch was founded in the late 1890s as Watkins Creek Ranch by George S. Watkins. Originally much larger, Watkins Creek Ranch sold much of its land to the Madison Power and Light Company in 1904 to make way for the Hebgen Lake Dam. Much of Watkins’ cattle were sold to Yellowstone National Park while the remaining land was converted into a dude