Bonanza (Main Character)
Season 1
- Ben met Joe’s mother on a business trip to New Orleans (A Rose for Lotta)
- Homesteaded the Ponderosa (Enter Mark Twain)
- Wanted to marry Adah Menken (The Magnificent Adah)
Season 2
- Friends: Tom and Joyce Edwards (The Mill)
- Has a briefcase made out of kangaroo leather (Bank Run)
- Owns shares in the Gould and Curry Mine (The Thunderhead Swindle)
- Retires from a life at sea prior to marrying Elizabeth, saying that he has had enough (Elizabeth, My Love)
Season 3
- States that he would never let out rooms to travellers. (Springtime)
- Has never been to England. (The Countess)
- First met Linda Lawrence (Lady Chadwick) in New Orleans (The Countess)
- Smokes a pipe. (The Ride)
- Is a member of the school board. (Look to the Stars)
Season 4
- When he was young, he spent some time in Nicaragua (The Colonel)
- Is the Virginia City School Commissioner (The Actress)
- Birthday is on the 23rd. (Little Man…Ten Feet Tall)
Season 5
- Is a member of the Virginia City Literary Society (A Passion for Justice)
Season 6
- Ten years ago stayed with Borelli in Palermo (The Deadliest Game)
- Member of the school board (Right is the Fourth R)
Season 7
- His shirt (laundry) day is Tuesday (The Meredith Smith)
- Injured his eye in a hunting accident and has to wear an eye patch (Her Brother’s Keeper)
- Cousin: Mathew
- Second Cousin: Jamie (The Trouble with Jaime)
Season 8
Season 9
- Commanding officer of the Virginia City 116th Militia – Rank: Major (Sense of Duty)
- Met Onie Dugan 25 years ago (Six Black Horses)
- Is away in San Francisco (The Stronghold)
Season 10
Season 11
Season 12
Season 13
Season 14
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