Bonanza (1968); "Ponderosa Kill" by Dean Owen (1968); "The Pioneer Spirit" by Stephen Calder (1988); "The Ponderosa Empire" by Stephen Calder (1991); "Bonanza: The High Steel Hazard" by Stephen Calder (1993); "Journey of the Horse" by Stephen Calder (1993); "The Money Hole" by Stephen Calder (1993); "The Trail to Timberline" by Stephen Calder (1994); "Bonanza: Felling of the Sons" by Monette L. Bebow-Reinhard (2005), and "Bonanza: Mystic Fire" by Monette L. Bebow-Reinhard (2009). There is also a collection of Bonanza stories: "The Best of Bonanza World: A Book of Favorite Stories," published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2012). "Bonanza Gold" (2003–2009),
Bonanza Bonanza Bonanza is an NBC television western series that ran from 1959 to 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, "Bonanza" is NBC's longest-running western, and ranks overall as the second-longest-running western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's "Gunsmoke"), and within the top 10 longest-running, live-action American series. The show continues to air in syndication. The show is set in the 1860s and it centers on the wealthy Cartwright family that live in the vicinity of Virginia City, Nevada, bordering Lake Tahoe. The series initially starred Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, and Michael Landon and later featured (at