Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre: Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  5700     Only one week until Christmas, Ben Cartwright found himself with very little Christmas spirit.  The winter had been rough already and it was only getting started.  Early blizzard conditions had cost them several hundred head of cattle, as well as damaging fences, feed … Continue reading Christmas Spirit (by Judy) →

Summary:  Best gift ever. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Westerm Rated:  PG Word Count:  19,366   December 21, 1864   The blizzard that had started in the high Sierra Madras was the biggest of the winter so far, and had caught many trappers, hunters, homesteaders, and ranchers off guard. The blizzard had dumped several feet of wet … Continue reading The Christmas Gift (by Judy) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1085     Marie Cartwright was just putting the final bow on a large Christmas present when she heard the front door bang open and heard the sounds of her family returning.  The door banging open would be Hoss of course.  At ten years old, Hoss … Continue reading Ponderosa Christmas (by Judy) →

Summary:   Written with Jerri. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  25,471   Adam, Hoss, and Ben Cartwright were almost finished with their breakfast when Little Joe, the youngest of the three brothers, came downstairs. They all looked at him, shook their heads, but didn't comment on his late appearance. Hop Sing immediately brought … Continue reading Small Kindnesses (by Judy) →

Summary:  Written with Jerri. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  48,918   PROLOGUE   At fifteen, Joseph Cartwright was the most popular boy in Virginia City, and probably in the whole Nevada territory. Little Joe, as he was generally called, was the youngest son of Ben Cartwright, owner of the Ponderosa Ranch, the … Continue reading Growing Pains (by Judy) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  12,450   Little Joe Cartwright, youngest son of Ben Cartwright of the Ponderosa, was going to be late getting home from Virginia City to pick up the mail----again.  It was well past five P.M., and Joe should have been home hours ago.  Instead, he was in … Continue reading The Fastest (by Judy) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  21,716   Chapter 1   Ben Cartwright watched as his three sons drove the last of the stray cattle into the sheltered lower grazing pastures of the Ponderosa. Adam and Hoss were riding on either side of the herd of cattle, letting the cattle take their … Continue reading Silver Lining (by Judy) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  36,377   Chapter 1   Hop Sing watched from the kitchen window as the Cartwright sons rode into the ranch yard. Little Joe was first, at least 50 yards ahead of Adam and Hoss. Just for an instant, Hop Sing saw Marie Cartwright instead of Little … Continue reading You Got to Have Heart (by Judy) →

Summary:  To do the right thing, Joe must disobey his father. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  16,555   "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law of the prophets." [Matthew 7:12]   Chapter 1   Adam and … Continue reading The Golden Rule (by Judy) →

Summary:  Joe meets Billy the Kid. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count: 20,500     Chapter 1   Ben Cartwright stood in the shadow of the barn watching his youngest son ride a big, bucking black stallion around the corral. He watched with mixed trepidation and admiration. Joe was a natural horseman and … Continue reading Inner Conflict (by Judy) →