Nestled among the pines above the shores of Lake Tahoe is the Ponderosa ranch, the thousand-acre home of Ben Cartwright and his sons Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe. Here Ben and his sons defend their ranch and help the townspeople in the surrounding community.
Twenty episodes of the television show Bonanza, which focuses on Ben Cartwright, owner of the Ponderosa ranch in Virginia City, Nevada, and his three sons, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe.