Category: Adam Cartwright
Stories that focus on Adam Cartwright
How Traditions are Born (by ElayneA)
Summary: A slapstick fun story of Adam getting bested. A word to the wise, always double check what you’re ordering, especially in the 1800s. Out of his fiasco, came a family tradition out of necessity.
Rating: G Words 1100
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Casey’s Candy Cane (by ElayneA)
Summary: Not everyone has a family and Christmas can be a sad time. The Cartwrights throw a wonderful party where a special person gets a very special gift.
Rating: G Words 2065
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Night Rider (by AC1830)
Summary – Adam is the Man in Black but he also is a Man of the Night. Many times we see him heading out for a ride after the sun has set. These vignettes explore some of the reasons he’s a Night Rider.
WC – 2064, Rating – K
Just a Neighbor (by millieshepherd)
Summary: In the aftermath of Laura Dalton running off with Will Cartwright and Adam’s accident that left him crippled, he is still trying to recover both physically and emotionally. In an attempt to heal and get rid of the itch to leave the Ponderosa for a while, he buys a six-month homestead claim contract. His piece of land is a beautiful little spot about forty miles north of the Ponderosa and he soon discovers his closest neighbor is a pretty young lady named Felicity Quinn. While helping each other through multiple situations, a close friendship grows between them and they aren’t sure if they want to continue to be “just neighbors”. (This story takes place around the beginning of season six.)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 7,648
The Redhead – Romancing the Ponderosa Book 2 (by millieshepherd)
Summary: Adam talks Ben into making a trade with Chief Winnemucca. The trade isn’t your average deal, the Chief has a redheaded white girl and he wants a few head of cattle for her. Adam takes full responsibility for the girl and soon finds out he might have gotten himself in deeper than he expected.
Rating: T
Word Count: 21,487
Part of Romancing the Ponderosa Series, links to the stories included within.
The Artist (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam fails in a task that haunts him, but the aftermath is haunting to everyone because no one can understand what happens next.
PG 2,128
Ride, Ride, Ride (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam meets a man by coincidence on several trips, but eventually, it is by design and leads to a new direction in his life.
Rating: T Word count: 21,713
After the Kissing Booth (byBettyHT)
Summary: In a noble deed, Joe talks Adam into the annual kissing booth not knowing what will result but hoping for the best.
Rating: PG Word count: 5,153
Trouble Comes Looking (by BettyHT)
Summary: The story is set five years later than A Fight You Do Not Want, and Adam has to recover from a tragedy and find a way to move his life forward. He has made some terrible mistakes in doing that and has to figure out how to make his life better.
Rating T and Word count 28,726
Part of the Fight and Trouble Series, links to all stories included within
A Fight You Do Not Want (by BettyHT)
Summary: A light drama with quite a bit of humor in the last chapters, the story focus is on Adam but all members of the family as well as Jamie and Candy play significant roles in the telling of this story. There are two OCs too who are necessary to move the story forward. There is a Part 2 which is a short follow-up story.
Rating: T Word count: 20,302
Choices and Risks (by BettyHT)
Summary: Seeing injustice, Adam has to act, but his actions and the consequences from them pull his family into that quest too. In the end, all of them make choices knowing the risks involved.
Rating: T Word count: 14,366
Scars that Shatter Trust (by HarpistforHim)
Summary: Certain hurts never heal and some scars never truly fade. Adam is aware of this now, however, simply being aware doesn’t make moving forward any easier. Even a seemingly normal trip home with his brother blisters the scars that he thought were healing. A WHN for The Crucible.
Word Count: 1,949 Rating: G
Part of the Scars Series, links to all stories included within.
Christmas Angel (by wx4rmk)
Summary: Just when Adam thought the first Christmas without his wife couldn’t be bleaker, something magical happens.
Written for day 19 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1155
The Letter (by Annie K. Cowgirl)
Summary: Written for Day 3 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 907
Reunion – Part 2 (by Questfan)
Summary: Adam is facing another Christmas a very long way from home and family. Can Little Joe grant his Christmas wish?
Written for Day 2 of the 2021 Advent Calendar
Rating: G Words: 2850
