Among Tall Trees (by VickiC.)
Summary: After Inger’s death Ben, Adam and baby Hoss journey west. Adam makes a new friend and the family find a new home.
Rating: G (16,070 words)
Yard Chores (by VickiC.)
Summary: Six-year-old Joe asks his big brother what he can do and Adam comes to regret telling him.
Rating: G (5,700 words)
Hidden Talents (by VickiC.)
Summary: Hoss is having trouble at school and uses a boast of Adam’s to help him out. The boast threatens to have tragic consequences when Adam feels obliged to carry it through.
Rating: G (11,300 words)
Attic #2 – The Gunpowder Plot (by VickiC.)
Summary: Joe persuades his father and a very reluctant Adam, to tell the story of the black powder.
Rating: G (5,500 words)
Attic #1 – Treasures in the Attic (by VickiC.)
Summary: Adam and Joe bring down some trunks from the attic and Pa relates a hundred year old family story to amuse a bored Little Joe on a winter’s day.
Rating: G (6,840 words)
The Sailboat (by VickiC.)
Summary: On the eve of Joe’s wedding the three boys meet at the lake and the discovery of their old sailboat causes them to remember the first time Joe went sailing! In the course of the tale we find out why Adam’s name does not appear on the witness tree.
Rating: PG (7,600 words)
The Solitary Way (by VickiC.)
Summary: The period of Adam Cartwright’s life from Marie’s arrival at the Ponderosa until after Joe’s birth.
Rating: G (158,600 words)
Working Together (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: Joe wants to be accepted as fully grown, but with Adam hurt the responsiblity is all his and somehow it isn`t such an attractive idea.
Rating: G (6,145 words)
Are You or Aren’t You (by DebbieB)
Summary: After waking from a head injury, Joe struggles with what was real and what was a dream.
Rated: G (5,975 words)
If I’m Dreaming Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Inger #4 – Journey’s End (by Krystyna)
Summary: Ben Cartwright finally finds where he wants to be – and picks up a passenger along the way.
Rating: T (8,830 words)
Inger Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
A Problem with Engineering (by Sadie Spinner)
Synopsis: Winter in the high Sierras can be harsh, one of the most difficult aspects being the removal of deep snows that come often and heavy. The constant need to clear the area around the house, barn and other out buildings was exhausting and very time consuming. Thus, a teenage Adam with the unintentional inspiration of his new, young, enthusiastic, if unaware teacher, devised what he envisioned as the perfect method for quick removal of all the snow, alleviating the need for shoveling every few days. The story chronicles the result from a recent history lesson gone awry.
Rating: G (13,900 words)
Journey to Heartbreak aka For the Love of Jamie (by Diana G)
Summary: Adam befriends a young woman and her son.
Rating: G (26,680 words)
Days of Discovery Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
The Last Dance (by Sadie Spinner)
Synopsis: Deals with a last request, the four Cartwrights, and to use the phrase out of context, “Going gently into the good night.”
Rating: G (1,525 words)
The Photograph (by StephanieJ)
Synopsis: Afraid that some day he’ll lose his father or brothers, Little Joe feels he needs photographs of his family to help keep his memories alive. But trying to convince his family to take time off to get their pictures taken proves difficult. It takes a tragedy for Ben to realize how important the Photograph really is.
Rating: PG
Words: 14,400
Wild Oats (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: On a cold winter’s night, with help from a bottle of Bear Paw Johnson’s white lighting, what could the Cartwright boys ever find to talk about while their pa was sleeping soundly on the only bed in a ratty old line shack?
This story was written in collaboration by The Tahoe Ladies, Helen, and BeckyS. WC: 7425 Rated: R
