Category: Crossover
Stories mixing Bonanza and characters from other TV series.
Carson Encounters (by BettyHT)
Summary: A crossover story that is unusual in that it is Bonanza and an original story blended together. A young woman in the Carson Valley encounters the Cartwrights and develops a long-term relationship with Adam. Life in the early era is harsh and the story reflects that and is realistic in its portrayals of daily life and the violence of the west.
Rating: T Word count: 10,546
Enigma on the Ponderosa (by wx4rmk)
Summary: Mysterious things are happening on the Ponderosa and Little Joe is on a mission to figure them out by any means possible. Written for the 2022 Camp In The Pines.
Rating: K / Word Count: 4897
The Trial of Jessica Hardy #3 – The Empty Casket (by Missjudy)
Summary: The final story of the trilogy of stories: Trial of Jessica Hardy, Buried Alive, and now, The Empty Casket. The first two stories told of Adam’s disappearance after being taken as a hostage by a woman bank robber, and then his return after months spent drugged in a mental hospital. When Buried Alive ended, Adam had left Carson City following a frosty reunion with his family that had left him feeling that for everyone’s sake, he should have died as Jessica Hardy, AKA Leslie Richter, meant for him to do. This story picks up in San Francisco, where he has gone, hoping to find something about himself that is worth saving. He meets someone who just might understand what he’s feeling, and recognize what he’s planning to do. Can this other “man in black” save Adam from himself?
Rating: K+
Word Count: 28,000
Part of The Trial of Jessica Hardy Series, links to all stories included within
Louise (by McFair_58)
Summary: Joseph Cartwright is a haunted man. He can’t forget the woman he met in Martinville. Little does he know, she remembers him as well and has made a pact with the Devil to make certain he will be hers for eternity. A WHN for the Bonanza episode Twilight Town. The characters of Nicholas, Janette, and Lucien LaCroix were originally created by Barney Cohan and James D. Parrott for the TV series Forever Knight.
Word count: 38,844
Rated: PG-13
Redemption (by Questfan)
Summary: My entry for BoNaNo 2018 as well as the Crossover Challenge. After a chance encounter in his youth, Joe meets up with the man again, many years later, under trying circumstances.
Rating: T Word Count: 14,878
Convergence (by JC)
Summary: Three years ago Adam left the Ponderosa for parts unknown, and now Ben finally gets the news he has been praying for – his firstborn is coming home. However, an unexpected reunion in Stockton isn’t the only surprise fate has in store for the Cartwrights. (A Bonanza/Big Valley crossover story and sequel to More Than a Memory)
Rating: T 35,257 words
More than a Memory Series, links to all stories included within.
Silver-Haired Stranger In Town (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: My BoNaNo entry, this is also a sequel to Another Stranger In Town. Ben is the visitor to Dodge City this time and is carrying a message from Dave Reeves.
Rating: PG Word Count: 7482
Another Stranger in Town Series, links for all the stories of this series included.
The Road Not Yet Taken (by AC1830)
Summary: A crossover story (Bonanza and High Chaparral) for the August 2018 challenge. The Cartwright brothers head to Mexico on a cattle-buying trip. While there Adam meets someone who will change the path of his life, but will it be a path he desires?
Rating – K
Word count – 18,500
Another Stranger In Town (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: This is the crossover story for the August 2018 challenge — Adam goes to Dodge City and meets the cast of Gunsmoke in a WHN for the episode of that series, A Stranger In Town.
rating = T word count = 8046
Another Stranger in Town Series, links for all the stories of this series included.
Dr. Michaela Quinn MD – A Bonanza/Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman Crossover (by Ahdavis)
Summary: When Little Joe is seriously injured following an attack by bandits, Ben must rush him to the nearest doctor for immediate medical attention. Ben Cartwright is stunned to find that the doctor is a woman and he hesitates to let her treat Little Joe.
Rating: T/PG-13 Mild language and brief sexual innuendo. Word Count: 19,190.
The Best Little Bed and Breakfast in Nevada (by JC)
Summary: The Cartwrights entertain house guests. Again. Joe has a better idea.
Rating: K++, or maybe T- (4592 words)
A Tale Told by an Idiot (by McFair_58)
Summary: It is 1875. Two years later, Joe Cartwright’s inability to cope with his wife’s death is ruining his life. His Pa thinks getting away might be the answer. Little does Ben know that his decision will put Joe’s life in danger, as well as the lives of the Ingalls’ family who take a wounded Joe in and bring the wrath of a man who hates him down on their heads.
Rated PG-13 (54,680 words)
The Curse of Bodie (by McFair_58)
Summary: In 2269 an archaeologist digging in the ruins of the Bodie mine on Earth discovers skeletal remains dating to 1876. On the wrist of the dead man, who is wearing a green jacket, is an alien device. Its discovery sends the crew of the Enterprise into the past to Ben Cartwright’s Ponderosa where the eddies of time and an alien menace are moving together to doom Ben’s youngest son.
Rated: PG-13 (77,500 words)
A Duel with Guitars (by Mumu)
Summary: This is one short story, initially written in french for a challenge. I’m very glad to share this with you…
Rating: G WC 3730
Pride and Ponderosa (by Sandspur)
Summary: What happens when Jane Austen’s ultimate chick-fic, “Pride & Prejudice,” crosses into the burly, macho, he-man world of Bonanza? Confusion? Kidnappings? Crossover characters from other series like “Bronco” and “the Big Valley”? Anything can happen—and anything does!
Rating: T. Totally clean, but one description of an unseemly death. WC 86,200
Band of Brothers (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: Adam and Hoss travel to Stockton and find themselves joining forces with Jarrod and Heath to help Nick-who was adversely affected by the Civil War.
Rated: T (22,900 words)
A Modern Cartwrights Story #1 – Windmills & Remembrances (by Robin & GinnyF)
Summary: A modern-day Cartwright / Dallas cross-over: What happens when JR Ewing sets his sites on the Ponderosa.
Rating: PG-13 (37,800 words)
A Modern Cartwright Story Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Modern Cartwrights Story #1 – Windmills & Remembrances (by GinnyF & Robin)
Summary: A modern-day Cartwright / Dallas cross-over: What happens when JR Ewing sets his sites on the Ponderosa.
Rating: PG-13 (37,800 words)
A Modern Cartwrights Story Series, links to stories within the series are included.
One Brother from Boston (by DonnaM)
Summary: Hoss and Joe invite Adam to come home from Boston for Christmas. Ben also has a hand in bringing “One Brother from Boston,” and so do an angelic helper and a stranger from Minnesota.
Rating: K (6,910 word)
Enough (by justafan)
Summary: Words said have a destruction consequence within the Cartwright family. One family member refuses to live where respect does not.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 6,299
Enough Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Where’s Jake (by DonnaM)
Summary: Characters from TV’s “Highway to Heaven” visit the Ponderosa and help Joe get ready for a cattle drive.
Rating: K 5,910 words)
Did I Hear You Mention Boston? (by DJK)
Summary: One Cartwright, two Lancers, and a chance meeting equal a little crossover story.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1032
Squad 51 On the Ponderosa (by Rider)
Summary: Bonanza & Emergency! Crossover
Paramedic Firefighters John Gage & Roy DeSoto from Station 51 in LA wind up on the Ponderosa, along with Dr. Kelly Brackett, Dr. Joe Early, & Nurse Dixie McCall of Rampart General.
Rated: K+ (6,670 words)
Un saut dans le temps (by ViveAdam)
Summary: Adam se trouve accidentellement transporté au 23ème siècle, sur le vaisseau Entreprise du Capitaine Kirk
Rated: K+ WC 10,000
Phoenix (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: This story follows “Prizes”. Suffering nightmares after his ordeal by the hands of Matsu, Adam accidentally injuries Little Joe. Fearing he’ll hurt someone else, Adam packs and goes away, leaving the family to wonder when, and if, he’ll return.
Rated T (25,140 words)
Troubled Waters Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
A Stitch in Time (by sandspur)
Summary: Joe lies dying of injuries 19th century medicine could never cure while Adam, given a cryptic clue from an ancient fraternal feud, searches for help 100+ years in the future.
Rating: T (31,050 words)
A Jump Through Time (by ViveAdam)
Summary: Adam is accidentally transferred in Captain Kirk’s starship Enterprise, during the 23rd century
Rated: K+ WC 9200
Virginia City Detour (by pkmoonshine)
Summary: Crossover between Bonanza, Touched By An Angel, and Highway To Heaven. A difficult assignment awaits Angel Supervisor Tess and her protégée in Virginia City, and the Cartwrights are in it up to their eyeballs. Tess’ student will eventually strike out along his own Highway to Heaven, becoming as potent a force for good in his own right. He also bears a very strong resemblance to one of Ben Cartwright’s boys.
Rating: T (51, 160 words)
Bloodlines Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
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