{"id":48466,"date":"2024-05-18T19:24:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T23:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=48466"},"modified":"2024-11-26T19:14:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T00:14:11","slug":"ptl-texas2002","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=48466","title":{"rendered":"PTL – Texas2002"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brandsters acknowledge that the authors are the owners of their stories.\u00a0 Should an author included in the project reach out to us and indicate they do not wish their work to be archived in the Bonanza Brand Fanfiction Library, we will remove their stories.<\/p>\n

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These stories were inspired The Ponderosa <\/span><\/em><\/span>TV series which was based on characters from David Dortort’s BONANZA.\u00a0 From executive producers Beth Sullivan, David Dortort, Paul Sharratt, and David McKenzie.<\/p>\n

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Journal (The)<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 An account of the Cartwright family’s trip from Independence, Missouri to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 \u00a0Words:\u00a0 61,100<\/p>\n

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Ponderosa # 1 – Up in Smoke<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 Hoss’ and Adam’s childhood memories
\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 \u00a0Words:\u00a0 12,000<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ponderosa # 2 – Heading for the Hills<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 Following the story Up in Smoke…
\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 \u00a07,700 words<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ponderosa # 3 – Just a Day Like Any Other<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 The title says it all.
\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 \u00a0Words:\u00a0 8,600<\/p>\n

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Treasures of the Heart<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 \u00a0Adam 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.
\nRating:\u00a0 PG\u00a0 \u00a0Words:\u00a0 98,500<\/span><\/p>\n

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Return to Preserving Their Legacy List<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Brandsters acknowledge that the authors are the owners of their stories.\u00a0 Should an author included in the project reach out to us and indicate they do not wish their work to be archived in the Bonanza Brand Fanfiction Library, we will remove their stories.   These stories were inspired…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48461,"parent":49308,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48466","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25830,"url":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=25830","url_meta":{"origin":48466,"position":0},"title":"Stories by Author – Guests","author":"VCLS","date":"September 1, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 The following authors are guests of the Library. 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