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18 unusual facts about Bonanza


Avianca Nicaragua

Avianca Nicaragua operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations: Bluefields, Bonanza, Corn Islands, Managua, Puerto Cabezas, Rosita, San Carlos, Siuna and Waspam.

Bonanza, Spain

Neal Stephenson named half of his novel The Confusion after the port, and had a character describe it as functioning as a chief treasure port of Spain until 1686, and as losing to Cádiz most of what would earlier have been part of its trade, due to the combined effects of increasing vessel draft and of sedimentation at the mouth the river Guadalquivir.

Bonanza, Utah

The basis for establishing the community was a discovery of Gilsonite, a natural asphalt substance.

Bonanza: The Next Generation

Bonanza: The Next Generation was the pilot for a television series that was never produced but was followed by Bonanza: The Return (1993) and Bonanza: Under Attack (1995).

Bonanza: Under Attack

Bonanza: Under Attack is a 1995 TV-movie sequel to the 1959-1973 television series Bonanza and television films Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988) and Bonanza: The Return (1993).

CFRC-FM

Lorne Greene (1915–1987), CBC wartime announcer, later star of Bonanza and Battlestar Galactica

Charles F. Haas

Ultimately, however, he settled in television, directing episodes of such popular series as Bonanza, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Outer Limits, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Fintan Meyler

She portrayed memorable characters in shows, such as Perry Mason, Bonanza, Have Gun - Will Travel and Gunsmoke.

Gordon Landsborough

The list also included W.E. John's immensely popular Biggles series and stories he wrote for children based on the popular television series Bonanza.

Moonshine by country

Other names are ponu (an abbreviation of pontikka), ponantsa (a joke of Bonanza), kotipolttoinen (home burnt), tuliliemi (fire sauce), korpiroju (wildwood junk) or korpikuusen kyyneleet (tears of wildwood spruce) as stills often are located in remote locations.

Patricia Medina

Medina also made television appearances on Perry Mason ("The Case of the Lucky Loser", 27 September 1958); Bonanza ("The Spanish Grant", 6 February 1960), Thriller ("The Premature Burial", 1961) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ("See the Monkey Dance", 9 November 1964).

Philip Deidesheimer

The development of his square-set timbering method was fictionalized in "The Diedesheimer Story" in season one of Bonanza.

Ref Sanchez

Sanchez was working on studio still shots when he got the opportunity to do small parts on TV shows shows such as Bonanza, Maverick, Alias Smith and Jones, Get Smart, Baretta, and a few other shows.

Remington Model 1858

Remington percussion revolvers and conversions have appeared in notable movie scenes in films such as The Big Trail, Pale Rider, Gone with the Wind, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as well as early episodes of Bonanza.

Robert Donner

His television appearances have included Rawhide, Bonanza, Ironside, The Young Pioneers, The Incredible Hulk, Falcon Crest, The A-Team, MacGyver, and others.

St. Elizabeths Hospital

The hospital was referred to in an episode of the television series, "Bonanza”.

The Flapjack Contest

The Flapjack Contest is the 183rd episode of Bonanza.

William David Powell

Powell went on to become a television writer, whose credits include episodes of Bonanza, Death Valley, 77 Sunset Strip and Rawhide.


Anjanette Comer

Born in Dawson, Texas, to Rufus Franklin and Nola (Dell) Comer, her first major television credit was a guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Gunsmoke, followed by roles in several other dramatic series of the 1960s, such as Dr. Kildare and Bonanza.

Bay Super V

Harold Bost purchased N3124V from the Oregon Aviation Museum, in Cottage Grove, Oregon, and donated it to Bonanza Baron Museum in October, 2004.

Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza

Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza is a British game show that is produced by Fever Media and Glass Box that was broadcast on Sky1 between 8 January and 12 February 2010.

Bonanza Bros.

Bonanza Bros. is a shooter, platform game where taking the role of one or both of the brothers, Robo (1P, red) and Mobo (2P, blue) (Mike and Spike in some PAL versions), who were modeled after The Blues Brothers.

DeKalb, Texas

De Kalb was the birthplace of Bonanza star Dan Blocker, who played the character "Hoss Cartwright" on the popular NBC television Western.

Faro, Yukon

Lorne Greene, famous for his work in Bonanza, once narrated a film about Faro called A New World in the Yukon.

Gerd Oswald

His television credits include Perry Mason, Bonanza, The Outer Limits, The Fugitive, Star Trek, Gentle Ben, It Takes a Thief, and The Twilight Zone.

J.R. Ewing

The original character concept was a blend of Bonanza with a rich, western patriarch and his three dissimilar sons, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with its rival brothers, and their scheming wives, and Romeo and Juliet with two star-crossed lovers whose families are sworn enemies.

Julesburg, Colorado

In the story line, Julesburg is depicted as under the control of a ruthless cattle baron played by Ray Teal, later cast as the sheriff in the NBC series Bonanza.

Kathie Browne

Browne appeared in many other television series such as Sheriff of Cochise, Laramie, Whispering Smith, Redigo, Star Trek, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Man from Blackhawk, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and Rawhide.

Kevin Hagen

Hagen guest starred seven times on Gunsmoke, six times on The Big Valley, five times each on Bonanza, Laramie, and Have Gun - Will Travel, four appearances on Mannix and The Time Tunnel, and three appearances on Perry Mason, two of them in 1965: as murderer Jacob Leonard in "The Case of the Gambling Lady," and Samuel Carleton in "The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein."

L23

Beechcraft L-23 Seminole, the United States Armed Forces designation for the Beechcraft Twin Bonanza and Queen Air aircraft in its inventory

Leif Erickson

He guest-starred in several TV series' including Rawhide, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Marcus Welby, M.D., Medical Center, Cannon and The Rockford Files.

Lisa Gerritsen

After The Doris Day Show, Gerritsen had guest-star or cameo appearances in several television shows including The Odd Couple, Bonanza, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Virginian and Family Affair.

Max Amann

Wistrich, Robert Who's Who in Nazi Germany, Bonanza Books, 1982

North Carolina Aviation Museum

Beechcraft T-34 Mentor - a propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza.

Nuss Lake

Within 5 miles of the shores of Nuss Lake, the locally called Poe Valley, are the cities of Bonanza, Merrill, Malin, Dorris and Tulelake, as well as the unincorporated communities of: Altamont, Olene and Langell Valley.

Ponderosa Steakhouse and Bonanza Steakhouse

Sam Wyly and his brother Charles Wyly bought the small Bonanza restaurant chain three years later.

Richard J. Collins

He worked on several notable programs including Bonanza, General Electric Theater, Matlock and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre.

Sumo people

The language spoken around Rosita and Bonanza in the north-eastern part of the RAAN, and today known as 'Mayangna', is in fact two closely related dialects, Twahka and Panamahka, while the people of Karawala in the RAAS, who were also formerly regarded as 'Sumu', speak a closely related sister-language called Ulwa.

Susan Howard

Susan Howard had several guest appearances on major television shows during the 1960s and early 1970s: The Flying Nun (1967), I Dream of Jeannie (1968), Star Trek (1968) on which she carried the distinction of playing the first female Klingon on the original series (and the only one to ever speak), Bonanza (1969), and Mission: Impossible (1972).

The Ballad of Little Joe

As the story begins we are introduced to the brothers (Jean Claude & Phillipe and their brothers) and Little Joe (Larry) (an obvious allusion to "Little Joe" Cartwright) who all live at the "Okie-Dokie Corral" (an obvious parody of the O.K. Corral).

The Curse of Yig

Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Bonanza/Crown Books 1985, ISBN 0-517-48075-1

The High Chaparral

The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network.

True West Magazine

The magazine benefited from an era featuring popular television western series such as Bonanza, The Lone Ranger, and Gunsmoke.

William Douglas Lansford

Lansford wrote many teleplays for American television series such as Four Star Playhouse, Wagon Train,Bonanza, The Rookies, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.