September 24, 1961 • 49m
A drunk is killed in a saloon brawl with Hoss, and though the man's brother insists there are no hard feelings, he is actually a s...Read more
October 1, 1961 • 49m
A friend of Ben's (Mr. Milbank) arrives at the Ponderosa at a bad time...when the Cartwright boys are fighting in the mud. Mr. Mil...Read more
October 8, 1961 • 49m
The Cartwrights and a bigoted army captain are pinned down by Cochise and his braves, who claim the officer poisoned 30 of their people.
October 15, 1961 • 49m
Little Joe pays a visit to the widow Lee Bolden, and brings her a bank draft for her husband's investments with Ben. Actually, th...Read more
October 22, 1961 • 49m
In this comic episode involving a precious emerald and the sweet widow, Clemantine Hawkins who is attracted to Ben, turns the tabl...Read more
October 29, 1961 • 49m
Adam tries to help a reformed gunman who wants only to live peacefully near Virginia City. Good story without a tidy ending. Per...Read more
November 5, 1961 • 49m
Hoss and Joe become involved when "Bullethead" Burke vows revenge on an old man he claims cheated him in an investment deal.
November 12, 1961 • 49m
Joe befriends and takes responsibility for an ex-convict named Danny. Danny loves horses and is not used to people's ways on the ...Read more
November 19, 1961 • 49m
A woman Ben once loved, Lady Chadwick, returns and attempts to trick him into marrying her by ruining his business. Ben says almo...Read more
November 26, 1961 • 49m
A professional wrangler working for the Cartwrights is paralyzed when thrown by a particularly mean bronco. The woman nursing him...Read more
December 3, 1961 • 49m
Joe wins a card game and an unexpected prize...a young lady. She goes to the Ponderosa and serves them, not wanting to be set fre...Read more
December 10, 1961 • 49m
An irritating man who boasts of being the reincarnation of French poet Francois Villion shows up causing trouble for the Cartwrights.
December 17, 1961 • 49m
Joe accepts the job of temporary sheriff in the town of Rubicon, unaware he is being used to facilitate a scheme involving murder.
December 24, 1961 • 49m
In this Christmas story, inspired by Johanna Spyri's "Heidi", Hoss and Joe come across a blind girl whose family has been killed i...Read more
December 31, 1961 • 49m
The Ponderosa is overrun with settlers bearing phony property deeds, and one of Ben's oldest friends is responsible.
January 7, 1962 • 49m
Hoss plans to marry Margie, a pretty blonde, but Margie becomes fascinated with a tall, traveling stranger named Mark Connors. Ma...Read more
January 14, 1962 • 49m
An overbearing friend of the family tries to force her daughter into marrying Joe, though she does not love him. The situation gr...Read more
January 21, 1962 • 49m
Adam races against the clock to prove a man who was once his friend is guilty of robbery and murder and Adam is convinced beyond a...Read more
January 28, 1962 • 49m
Joe plans to marry Laura White, daughter of a man Ben once sailed with, but she is fatally ill. Ben consoles him with words spoke...Read more
February 4, 1962 • 49m
The Cartwrights pretend the Ponderosa belongs to the town lush, when his aging mother from Ireland arrives.
February 11, 1962 • 49m
The Cartwrights dig a well, build a rig and a windmill for a drought-stricken farm family.
February 18, 1962 • 49m
Adam gives a second chance to a family man he suspects is one of the rustlers who has been hitting the Ponderosa herds.
February 25, 1962 • 49m
When Ben fails to prevent the death of a friend's son, Adam and Joe, concerned by their father's depression, attempt to prove ther...Read more
March 4, 1962 • 49m
In order to keep peace on the ranch, Hoss and Joe try to help ranch hand, Hank Meyers woo the the plain-looking schoolteacher, Abi...Read more
March 11, 1962 • 49m
Ben supports the appointment of Asa Moran as Virginia City's temporary sheriff, but Moran goes overboard with his authority, jaili...Read more
March 18, 1962 • 49m
A young genius, Albert Michaelson, vies for a scholarship. Adam assists Albert in the boy's experiments. Albert only needs the s...Read more
April 1, 1962 • 49m
In the town of Alkali, the Cartwrights are jailed on false charges of robbery and murder, but Joe escapes and returns with an army of Ponderosa hands.
April 8, 1962 • 49m
Adam is left to die in the desert after two thieves take $5,000 and his horse from him. Near death, he stumbles into an old prosp...Read more
April 15, 1962 • 49m
Ben indulges in a nostalgic reverie about Hoss's deceased mother. Having worked his way west to Galesburg, IL., Ben is befriended...Read more
April 22, 1962 • 49m
When two feuding families argue over the custody of two orphaned children, a reluctant Ben is called upon to straighten out the si...Read more
April 29, 1962 • 49m
The Cartwrights get mixed up in the romance of a phony heiress and an equally phony land baron.
May 6, 1962 • 49m
Ben, Joe and Adam travel to Bowleg to pay the yearly taxes on the Ponderosa. After the transaction is completed, Ben and Joe ride...Read more
May 13, 1962 • 49m
Joe promises a dying sheepman he will make sure the old man's granddaughter gets her rightful inheritance from a wealthy San Franc...Read more
May 20, 1962 • 49m
Hoss blames himself when a young woman is crippled in a wagon accident, and hopes a faith healer can help her walk again.