Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
The Reward (by Robin)
Summary: Life on the Ponderosa after Adam returns home from college.
Rating: T (7,700 words)
The Stacked Deck: From the Diary of Griff King (by Carla Keehn)
Summary: In the 14th and final season of “Bonanza”, the character of Griff King was introduced. Griff was pretty much a man of mystery, angry and distant from the Cartwrights, the scriptwriters never did provide many details of what events shaped Griff to become the man that he did. This story is a result of the few pieces of information the scriptwriters did provide, assisted, of course, by the imagination of the author!
Rating: R Word Count: 7,350
Ben and Elizabeth – A Celebration of Love (by deansgirl)
Summary: You are hereby invited to the behind the scenes story. How did Elizabeth and Ben meet? This story celebrates their love story. From the day they met to the product of their love.
Rated: K+ (3,280 words)
The Hunt (by Kathee Pafford)
Summary: When Joe and Adam are hurt during a hunting trip, Adam’s determination to help his brother could cost him his life…
Rating: PG Word Count: 12,300
Watching ‘Ponderosa’ (by Robin)
Summary: It couldn’t beat the original, but sure was good for a REALLY Lost Episode.
Rating: T (1,110 words)
The Rubicon (by LissaB)
Summary: Adam returns from college to find that fitting in back at the Ponderosa isn’t as easy as he’d hoped.
Rating: K+ (57,600 words)
Heritage of Honor, Book 3-A Dream Imperiled (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: The Cartwrights are caught up in ever-increasing conflict between Indians and white settlers, culminating in the greatest peril of all, the Pyramid Lake Indian War.
Word Count: 222,074 Rating: T
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Heritage of Honor, Book 2-A Dream’s First Bud (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: As he deals with problems in a sparsely settled land, Ben fights his own loneliness after Inger’s death. Another death takes him to New Orleans, where he meets Marie, and they return to struggles at home and the birth of a third son.
Word Count: 200,442 Rating: T
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Heritage of Honor, Book 1-A Dream Deferred (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Ben Cartwright meets and marries Inger Borgstrom. With young Adam, they journey west, meeting new people along the way, developing friendships that will last a lifetime, and adding one more member to the family before Inger’s death and Ben’s settlement in what will become Nevada.
Word Count: 211, 512 Rating K
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
The Right Thing To Do (by DJK)
Summary: On a trip to San Francisco, the Cartwright brothers become involved in fighting political corruption. This story was written for the Paddlewheel Poker challenge. Each writer was dealt a poker hand of elements to include in a story. *Note: The character, James King of William, is an actual figure in San Francisco’s history.
Rated: T Word count: 12,847
