The Cartwrights meet a miner, who has been swindled by Henry T.P. However, when a friend of Adam gets killed in a mine collapse, the Cartwright boys set about making sure that Deidesheimer is given the chance he deserves. The owner of one mine is determined to see that Deidesheimer's idea is not accepted. Things seem to be going well until Swede shows up with another man who claims that Annie's mine is his.Īdam and Hoss meet Philip Diedesheimer, a Dutch immigrant who is trying to convince the silver mine owners in Virginia City that his square set mine system works. Against Adam's advice (and with his help), Annie decides to open up a restaurant to supply meals to the hungry miners. Upon her arrival in Nevada, her father dies and she meets up with the Cartwrights. Annie takes one of the deeds in return for the grub stake she gave Swede. However, things come to a head when a fever breaks out in Virginia City.Īnnie O'Toole and her father head out to the Washoe Diggings after her boyfriend, Swede Lundberg, returns with the deeds to two mines. Millain believes that Julia is his and his alone, making the Cartwrights even more worried about Joe. Joe falls for Julia Bulette much to the chagrin of his father and Jean Millain. However, both the Cartwrights and Sam soon discover that they will have to work as a team in order to stop a crooked politician and a corrupt businessman. The story angers the Cartwrights and they set out to get an extraction from Clemens. In order to sell newspapers, Clemens creates a fantastic story about a monster roaming the Ponderosa. Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) arrives in Virginia City and takes up a job as a reporter at the Territorial Enterprise. Appalled, the Paiutes take the eldest Cartwright hostage, and before he has a chance to defend his innocence, an all-out war breaks out between the Native American tribe and the California militia. Wilson decides to have fun by assaulting two Paiute maidens and tells the Indian chief that Adam did the dastardly deed. How do you defer responsibility for sexually assaulting someone? If you're an underhanded trader named Mike Wilson, you simply place the blame on Adam Cartwright, that's how. He soon discovers a heartbreaking secret.she's terminally ill but their relationship soon leads to plenty of trouble for the Cartwrights. Hoss is given the task of telling Pennington's men to leave, but soon has a moral dilemma on his hands when he meets Pennington's beautiful sister, Emily. Ben is totally against this method and evicts them in short order. John Pennington and his crew want to mine the Ponderosa land by hydraulic means. When innocent miners are killed bringing their beef in from the Ponderosa, the deaths are wrongly blamed on the Paiutes, threatening to set off an Indian war. To stop the Antelope killings, Ben offers to sell beef to the miners at reasonable prices. They enlist the aid of actress Lotta Crabtree to carry out their plans but she soon finds out that she gets more than she bargained for.Īntelopes are being slaughtered which violates the Cartwright's agreement with the Paiutes. The Cartwrights have to protect their land from ruthless mine owners who want the Ponderosa for its timber.
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