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The wife soon finds herself attracted to the toughness of the Cartwright men.
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A stranger, Lassiter, comes to town in an attempt to find the truth and prove Adam and Ben’s innocence.Ī wealthy British couple visits the Ponderosa. Hoss and Joe desperately look for a way to prevent brothers Adam and Ben from being hanged for a crime. When a Captain comes looking for them, Ben soon realizes how the prisoners are being treated and resolves to confront his good friend in charge. Three deserters escape from an Army stockade and hide at the Ponderosa.
The hostage bonanza trial#
Ben now must travel to New Orleans to stand trial and considers withdrawing from the Governor’s race. and his beautiful daughter, to make sure the Marshal doesn’t kill the accused before they get there.Īn inspector comes from New Orleans to Virginia City intending to arrest Ben Cartwright for a murder committed 20 years ago. Marshal arrests one of the Ponderosa’s workers for murder and transports him to Los Angeles for trial, a doubtful Hoss and Adam come along in the stagecoach, along with a Dr. The Cartwright’s find themselves in a battle to disprove the validity of a Spanish land grant in order to stop the De La Cuesta family from seizing part of the Ponderosa along with all of the Carson Valley settlers’ homestead lands.Ī vile and murderous sheep herder, Jeb Drummond, contrives a plan to have Adam Cartwright taken hostage in an attempt to blackmail Ben and force him to sign over a large section of Ponderosa land. Opposing them is a manipulative mayoral candidate Andrew Fulmer, a bigoted, hateful man who wants all “foreigners” to leave Virginia City.
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The Cartwright’s come to the aid of a Chinese-American stable hand who finds himself accused of murder. They turn to the women of the two families to stop the fighting. Consequently, Joe and Hoss are thrown in jail and are rescued by one of the members of the feuding families. While in Texas, Joe and Hoss are mistaken for the Slade brothers who are involved in a feud between two families.