A naming contest held by the Siskiyou Daily News in November 1941 considered the possibilities for the would be state: Orofino, Bonanza, Discontent, Jefferson, Del Curiskiyou, and Siscurdelmo.

* November 15 – Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114, a Fairchild F27 Friendship, crashes near Sloan, Nevada, while on approach to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, in poor weather conditions, killing all 29 people on board.

He appeared as a villainous swindler in the Bonanza episode, " The Bloodline " ( December 31, 1960 ).

Throughout the 1960s, Nimoy appeared in a number of other TV series including Bonanza ( 1960 ), The Rebel ( 1960 ), Two Faces West ( 1961 ), Rawhide ( episode, Incident Before Black Pass.

* Bonanza ( 1960 ) episode El Toro Grande

A Bonanza soundtrack album released in late 1961 included a version by David Rose ; Rose also had a 1960 single and included the theme on his 1961 album Exodus in a different mix.

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* He appeared on Bonanza, playing a character named Mort in the 1960 episode " Denver McKee ".

At about this time Cabot began taking on television work, appearing in such series as The Adventures of Hiram Holliday ( 1956 – 57 ), on Frank Lovejoy's detective series Meet McGraw ( 1958 ), with James Best in the western series Bonanza ( 1960 ) and Pony Express (" The Story of Julesburg ", 1960 ), The Beachcomber ( regular 1962 ), and The Twilight Zone (" A Nice Place to Visit ", 1960 ), as the white-suited, courtly provider of a vain but disillusioned man's every wish.

* Burgo Partridge, A History of Orgies, Bonanza Books, 1960, p. 106

* Lincoln Collector: The Story of Oliver R. Barrett's Great Private Collection, by Carl Sandburg, Bonanza Books, 1960

Stevens also appeared in numerous television series, miniseries, and movies, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1960, 1988 ), Bonanza ( 1960 ), The Love Boat ( 1977, 1983 ), Hart to Hart ( 1979 ), Newhart ( 1983 ), Murder, She Wrote ( 1985 ), Magnum, P. I.

One of her earliest television appearances was in the Bonanza ( 1960 ) episode " Silent Thunder ", playing a deaf mute — a role she played with exceptional charm and to critical acclaim.

* Bonanza ( 1960 ), " Silent Thunder "

Rhue previously played the spouse of another Ricardo Montalbán character in an episode of Bonanza in 1960.

* Bonanza ( 1960 )

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* 1960: Bonanza: The Last Trophy

During the years of the series Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ), no major or secondary Native characters appeared on a consistent basis.

It was originally published in three volumes of two or three books each – Quicksilver ( 2003 ), The Confusion ( 2004 ) and The System of the World ( 2004 ) – but was subsequently republished as eight separate books: Quicksilver, King of the Vagabonds, Odalisque, Bonanza, Juncto, Solomon's Gold, Currency, and System of the World.

* 1959 – Premiere of Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.

* May 13 – Dan Blocker, American actor ( Bonanza ) ( b. 1928 )

* October 31 – Michael Landon, American actor and director ( Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie ) ( d. 1991 )

Notable TV Westerns include Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Have Gun – Will Travel, Maverick, Rawhide, The Virginian, The Big Valley, and Wagon Train.

* 1961 – 66 Bonanza, ( appeared in various episodes )

In an episode of the television series Bonanza ( Look to the Stars, broadcast March 18, 1962 ), Ben Cartwright ( Lorne Greene ) helps the 16-year-old Albert Abraham Michelson ( portrayed by 25-year-old Douglas Lambert ( 1936 – 1986 )) obtain an appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy, despite the opposition of the bigoted town schoolteacher ( played by William Schallert ).

Whereas most older audiences were tuning into shows like the western Bonanza, the younger generation — ages 15 – 25 — were watching the Smothers ' more socially relevant humor.

* Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ).

* Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ).

* Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ).

* Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ).

* May 13 – Dan Blocker, actor ( Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza )

* Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 )

* January 16 – Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ).

* Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ).

* Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ).

* Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ).

* Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ).

* Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 )

* Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ).