1. A Rose for Lotta
Aired: Sep 12, 1959Lotta Crabtree is hired by mining tycoon Alpheus Troy to lure one of the Cart...
2. Death on Sun Mountain
Aired: Sep 19, 1959The Cartwrights go up against two San Francisco men who plan to get rich by k...
3. The Newcomers
Aired: Sep 26, 1959The Cartwrights discover an old enemy killing steers on the Ponderosa. Their ...
4. The Paiute War
Aired: Oct 3, 1959In order to escape punishment for mistreating two Paiute women, a trader blam...
5. Enter Mark Twain
Aired: Oct 10, 1959The Cartwrights help Virginia City reporter Samuel Langhorne Clemens investig...
6. The Julia Bulette Story
Aired: Oct 17, 1959Little Joe falls in love with an older woman, the owner of the town's saloon/...
7. The Saga of Annie O'Toole
Aired: Oct 24, 1959Feisty Annie O'Toole comes to Nevada with her old Da (aka "Himself") to mine ...
8. The Philip Diedesheimer Story
Aired: Oct 31, 1959Philip Diedesheimer, a Pied Piper, is refused payment after he saves Virginia...
9. Mr. Henry Comstock
Aired: Nov 7, 1959When threatened by a man fraudulently sold a part of the Ponderosa by a Henry...
10. The Magnificent Adah
Aired: Nov 14, 1959When an actress named Adah Menken comes into town, Ben considers marrying her...
11. The Truckee Strip
Aired: Nov 21, 1959Caught in the middle of a longtime family feud over a disputed piece of land,...
12. The Hanging Posse
Aired: Nov 28, 1959Little Joe and Adam join a posse bent on catching the murderers of Vannie Joh...
13. Vendetta
Aired: Dec 5, 1959When one of the Morgan brothers is shot and killed by Ben during a bank holdu...
14. The Sisters
Aired: Dec 12, 1959A beautiful sister causes trouble around town.
15. The Last Hunt
Aired: Dec 19, 1959Joe and Hoss shelter a pregnant Indian from a blizzard -- and Shoshones order...
16. El Toro Grande
Aired: Jan 2, 1960After tangling with bandits on the way to California to buy a prized bull for...
17. The Outcast
Aired: Jan 9, 1960The Cartwrights come to the aid of Leta Malvet when she is ostracized by the ...
18. A House Divided
Aired: Jan 16, 1960Ben tries to uncover the reason gold and silver exporter, Frederick Kyle, has...
19. The Gunmen
Aired: Jan 23, 1960Hoss and Little Joe are mistaken for bloodthirsty hired killers in a small Te...
20. The Fear Merchants
Aired: Jan 30, 1960The Cartwrights come to the aid of a Chinese-American stable hand accused of ...
21. The Spanish Grant
Aired: Feb 6, 1960The Cartwrights try to disprove the validity of a Spanish land grant to stop ...
22. Blood on the Land
Aired: Feb 13, 1960Jeb Drummond is a murderous sheep herder that has Adam taken hostage to try a...
23. Desert Justice
Aired: Feb 20, 1960As is often the case on Bonanza, things are not always as they first seem. Ho...
24. The Stranger
Aired: Feb 27, 1960Inspector Leduque comes from New Orleans to Virginia City to take Ben Cartwri...
25. Escape to Ponderosa
Aired: Mar 5, 1960Three deserters escaped from an Army stockade to the Ponderosa. When a Captai...
26. The Avenger
Aired: Mar 19, 1960Ben and Adam are locked in jail, about to hung for a crime they didn't commit...
27. The Last Trophy
Aired: Mar 26, 1960An English couple comes to Ponderosa on vacation, but the wife slowly makes i...
28. San Francisco
Aired: Apr 2, 1960While in San Francisco, two of Ben's hired hands get shanghaied and so does B...
29. Bitter Water
Aired: Apr 9, 1960A neighboring rancher, Andy, is good friends with Ben, but his son (Todd) wan...
30. Feet of Clay
Aired: Apr 16, 1960A woman dies. Her husband is in prison, and the sheriff needs someone to look...
31. Dark Star
Aired: Apr 23, 1960While hunting a predator wolf, Little Joe finds a gypsy woman who has been re...
32. Death at Dawn
Aired: Apr 30, 1960When a powerful gang plagues Virginia City with a murderous protection racket...