Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Deeds of the Past (by Rona)
Summary: What exactly did Marie have to endure in the years before she met and married Ben Cartwright?
Rated: T (8,200 words)
The First Day of Spring (by Adamfan16)
Summary: This is an expanded Bonanza Bit I did this spring, to the title prompt. Adam deals with homesickness while away at college.
Rating: G
Words: 550
Mama’s Angel (by Adamfan16)
Summary: See the Cartwrights through the eyes of a Christmas angel Ben carved.
Raging: G
Words: 1,325
Why Didn’t She Love Me? (by DebbieB)
Summary: In real life, it’s a question many adopted children ask in regard to their birth mothers, mine did…and I told him the truth…she loved him very much, that’s why she made the ultimate sacrifice…to ensure that he would always be protected and well cared for. For Joe Cartwright’s friend, it was no different.
Rated G WC 10,000
Life’s Lessons (by Christy Gleason)
Summary: Two outlaws invade the Ponderosa while Ben and twelve-year-old Adam are in the midst of a disagreement. Will Adam decide to leave the Ponderosa for a life on the road?
Rating: G
Words: 10,900
A Pa for Toby (by DebbieB)
Summary: Young Toby’s parents have been killed in an accident, and Ben takes the boy under his wing. But Toby wants something that Joe has, and he sets out to take it away from the youngest Cartwright. Someone has been silently observing the goings on, does that person save for Joe, what Joe has feared most in his life of losing?
Rated: G (11,125 words)
The Runt (by HelenB)
Summary: The Cartwrights learn that sometimes the best things really do come in small packages
Rating: T (3,150 words)
Skeletons Unleashed (by DebbieB)
Summary: Plagued with a haunting memory, Joe refuses to open his heart and face reality. Ben searches desperately for a way to help his son before life becomes so unbearable for the boy, that Joe takes drastic measures.
Rated: PG13 for death of young person. (9,025 words)
Cartwright Confidence (by JoanS)
Summary: Who does a Cartwright confide in when he has a problem?
Rating: G 3,020 words
God Bless America (by DebbieB)
Summary: Ben gives his young sons a history lesson on America’s birthday.
Rated: G (2,375 words)
Relatively Peaceful (by Claire)
Summary: When Cousin Clarissa returns, she encounters an unexpected adversary.
Rated: K+ (4,505 words)
Relative Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Pa’s Headache (by JoanS.)
Summary: Ben has a headache, which throws the household into turmoil
Rating: G 7,200 words
It’s a Boy! (by JoanS.)
Summary: Ben remembers the births of each of his sons.
Rating: G 5,830 words
His Rightful Place (by JoanS.)
Summary: Hop Sing struggles to find his place at The Ponderosa.
Rating: G 11,125 words
Behind the House (by JoanS.)
Summary: A story for anyone who has ever wondered what goes on behind the Cartwright house.
Rating: G 9,200 words
