That said, Bonanza’s impact endures. For over a decade, the show helped define what television could be—thoughtful, ...

The year after Dan Blocker’s death, 'Bonanza' ended. The show never saw season 15, making the actor's comments about the series seem prophetic. by Robert Yaniz Jr. Interestingly, Blocker could sense ...

Bonanza is second-longest-running western TV series in the United States, only behind Gunsmoke. The show follows the story of the Cartwright family, who lives in a Virginia City, Nevada and they live ...

Long before contemporary television audiences were roped into the drama of such modern-day Westerns as Longmire and Yellowstone, Ben Cartwright and his sons were riding into homes every week via the ...

Dedicated Bonanza fans who’ve tried to settle in for a few hours of adventure at the Ponderosa may have noticed something incredibly frustrating — though the hit Western starring Michael Landon, Lorne ...

Editor's Note: Jack Becker is the editor of Caprock Chronicles and is a librarian at Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. Today’s article about actor Dan Blocker ...