Welcome to Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday! Since you enjoyed the outing into the Old West last week, I am heading out west this week again -- to Nevada to be precise.
Do you know the Ponderosa Ranch? The name sounds familiar, doesn't it? What about this map? Maybe you remember it burning -- and now a melody comes into your mind.
Yes -- right! Bonanza. The Cartwrights. Adam (Pernell Roberts). Little Joe (Michael Landon). Ben (Lorne Green). Hoss (Dan Blocker).
Living on the Ponderosa Ranch in this ranch house.
Do you know that the filming location was a theme park between 1967 and 2004? In 1997, I visited the Ponderosa Ranch. The mountains and forest around are amazing. Here you see a photo towards the entrance from within the park.
The hotel and saloon.
Here you could buy a Hoss burger -- which I did. It tasted delicious! According to Wikipedia approximately 3,000,000 burgers were sold during the park's existence.
The film sets looked as if a film crew had just stopped working.
A cabin in the forest.
There was a pathway on a hill which allowed great overviews over the whole filming set.
A look into town.
The scenery is amazing -- you can even make out Lake Tahoe in the background.
Another gorgeous overview -- the weather was sunny but cold. It was in early October.
Here's the Cartwright Ranch.
Here's Hop Sing setting the table for the Cartwrights.
The dining room.
The lady on the right side was the guide on the ranch tour. The big fireplace was really impressive.
Hoss's hat and vest and Little Joe's hat and jacket hanging next to the door.
Here's the patriarch, Ben Cartwright, sitting behind his desk. Do you see the map of the Ponderosa Ranch hanging on the wall?
Back in town.
Oh, some action -- a hold-up in the bank!
The last two photos were taken nearby -- I almost expected the Cartwrights riding into view any minute.
The scenery around Lake Tahoe is so very beautiful.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at the Ponderosa Ranch.
Oh how fun was that. Brought back tons of memories of watching Ponderosa. I loved it when I was a kid. Thanks for the tour I enjoyed it tremendously.
ReplyDeletetotally fun, great pics :D
ReplyDeleteI was soooo in love with Little Joe!
ReplyDeleteWait! Wait! What happened to it? What happened to the sets?
ReplyDeleteOh no! Is it gone?
OK, I had to go google it. It was sold to PeopleSoft developer David Duffield and that's all I can find out.
Man, I was planning a road trip.
I wonder if we can run old Dave down and find out what's up with it.
Sorry to head off on my tangent over this post...but that's kinda/sorta what I do as a general rule.
I really enjoyed the place you took our imaginations to on our little journey through Alphabe-Thursday's Letter "P" this week.
You are becoming quite precious to this meme!
A+
That's pretty keen.
ReplyDeleteok, I so can't say it was a walk down memory lane but I can say it was a walk, down a lane and I enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteoh that is so cool, i remember being able to stay up late to watch that show.. I had a huge crush on little jo
ReplyDeleteHi Birgit:
ReplyDeleteI came by again to thank you for your visit and for the book suggestion. I've put it on my Amazon list, it looks like my kind of book!
Rocky Mountain Woman
Oh my gosh I had forgotten about that program thanks for trip down memory lane
ReplyDeletehow neat! brings back memories!
ReplyDeleteI started singing the tune as soon as I saw the title. Then I was going to youtube and you did that for me! yipee! I bet that was a great trip! I was in love with Little Joe, but wasn't every girl?
ReplyDeleteI went to the Ponderosa in 1969. It was the one and only holiday my parents ever took me on.
ReplyDeleteThings brings back memories. How fun that you got to visit there. Again, your pictures are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteoh, i meant to say this brings back memories, but the things you displayed did too.
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