Category: Ponderosa (The) – TV series
The short-lived, TV series set as a prequel to Bonanza.
I Like Dreamin’ (by Heather-Chrysalis)
Summary: A special and personal poem about what Bonanza means to me.
Rated G Wordcount: 478
Fallen Angel (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe’s escapade at Jack Wolf’s Place leads Adam into a serious situation.
Rated Strong T warning: (mature ideas and references but no explicit content, mention of corporal punishment) Word count: 8068
Rolling Up the Red Carpet (by DJK)
Summary: Red once again has the Cartwright brothers plotting, but this time they join the conspiracy willingly.
Rated: K+ Word count: 9904
Red Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Catching ’em Red Handed (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe sets out to prove his innocence to Pa and his brothers.
Rated: K+ Word count: 3437
Seeing Red (by DJK)
Summary: Once again Red and Little Joe manage to place all three of Ben Cartwright’s sons in his bad books.
Rated: T (5,300 words)
Red Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Little Lady in Red (by DJK)
Summary: Most people would bet that one female could never lead all three of Ben Cartwright’s boys astray, but Little Joe is ready to tell how one did.
Rated: K+ Word count: 7515
Red Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Camping Story (by BeckyS)
Summary: Adam takes four-year old Little Joe on a camping trip and a lesson in vocabulary.
Rating: G (2,400 words)
The Power of Goodbye (by Jess Cartwright)
Synopsis: Ponderosa Fan-Fic. The Nevada Territory is plagued by a heat wave and the Greene Ranch is hit the hardest when their house catches fire. Margaret withdraws from the town and Hoss is the only one who might be able to help her… if he can only get over his own guilt.
Rating: PG Words: 4,105
The Journal (by Texas 2002)
FanFiction written for The Ponderosa (Bonanza prequel)
Summary: An account of the Cartwright family’s trip from Independence, Missouri to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Rating: G Words: 61,100
Ponderosa # 3 – Just a Day Like Any Other (by Texas2002)
Summary: The title says it all.
Rating: G Words: 8,600
Ponderosa # 2 – Heading for the Hills (by Texas2002)
Summary: Following the story Up in Smoke… Rating: G 7,700 words
Ponderosa # 1 – Up in Smoke (by Texas2002)
Summary: Hoss’ and Adam’s childhood memories
Rating: G Words: 12,000
Treasures of the Heart (by Texas2002)
Summary: Adam Cartwright sits at the dining table while the logs glow red in the nearby fireplace. He taps a pencil on the tabletop as memories surround him. Something inside him must record these memories. He eases the pencil to the blank page of a new journal. This is what he writes.
Rating: PG Words: 98,500
Die Upon a Kiss (by Shaan Lien)
Story Summary: A friend from Adam’s past emerges with a common foe on her tail and though the attempt is made, Adam is unable to save her and fall victim to his own grief that Ben must now save him from.
Rating and Reader Alerts: PG-13 for violence description of wounds.
Words: 15,800
