After the war, the Staggerwing was replaced by the revolutionary Beechcraft Bonanza with a distinctive V-tail.

* Model 50 Twin Bonanza Two-engine utility aircraft ; despite its name was not a development of the Bonanza

The game, which became a hit, was produced by Activision ; a similar later game, whose title features similar alliteration, is Bonanza Bros. ( 1990 ).

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.

Hill's adopted son Ross was killed in an accident in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1990 while the actor was preparing to film Lucky Luke on the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe.

A fee of $ 36 per passenger was charged for the single-engined 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza 35 ( V-tail ), ().

The Bonanza was at a slight downward angle and banked heavily to the right when it struck the ground at around.

The final Civil Aeronautics Board report noted that Peterson had taken his instrument training on airplanes equipped with an artificial horizon attitude indicator and not the far-less-common Sperry Attitude Gyro the Bonanza was equipped with ( it was further discovered that Peterson had failed his instrument checkride shortly before the incident ).

Gilsonite was discovered in 1888 at Bonanza, in central Uintah County.

After signing with Universal Studios in 1969, Cassidy was featured in episodes of the TV series Ironside, Marcus Welby, M. D., Adam-12 and Bonanza.

Bonanza was set in and around Virginia City, Nevada, where Michelson lived with his parents prior to leaving for the Naval Academy.

At the 2010 Census, the population of Bonanza was 575.

According to the 2005 US Census Bureau estimates, the population of Bonanza was 544.

It was also a popular place for shooting on location, as they did for the filming of the 1920 version of Last of the Mohicans and a number of Bonanza episodes in the 1960s at Cedar lake.

Their next musical, 1945's Billion Dollar Baby ( music by Morton Gould ) was not a success, and their 1947 show Bonanza Bound closed out-of-town and never reached Broadway.

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

* Dan Blocker, who portrayed " Hoss " on Bonanza, was a high school English and drama teacher in Sonora before he was cast in the western T. V.

The Ponderosa Ranch of the TV series Bonanza was formerly located on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe.

* Jacqueline Scott, an actress who made multiple appearances on such television shows as Gunsmoke, The Outer Limits, Bonanza, The Fugitive, Ironside, Planet of the Apes, and Barnaby Jones, was also born in Sikeston.

On television, his character was featured on shows such as Bat Masterson and even Bonanza.

In 1962, he appeared in the Bonanza episode entitled " The Decision ", as a doctor sentenced to hang for the murder of a journalist.

In addition to the many community events common to any town, each May Marion hosts the Esperanza Bonanza, a festival that includes live music, a barbecue competition, a rodeo, a golf tournament, a carnival, and games for adults & children.

* Entry for Bonanza in the Oregon Blue Book

The first two were carried by some stations equipped for color telecasts well before NBC began its regular weekly color dramas in 1959, beginning with the Western series Bonanza.

Bonanza was considered an atypical western for its time, as the core of the storylines dealt less about the range but more with Ben and his three dissimilar sons, how they cared for one another, their neighbors, and just causes.

Most shows that tried to do it failed because the sponsors didn't like it, and the networks were nervous about getting letters ", explains Stephen Battaglio, a senior editor for TV Guide magazine ( Paulette Cohn, " Bonanza: TV Trailblazer ", American Profile Magazine, p. 12, June 5, 2009 ).

Landon appeared in all but fourteen Bonanza episodes for its run, a total of 416 episodes.

By 1970, Bonanza was the first series to appear in the Top Five list for nine consecutive seasons ( a record that would stand for many years ) and thus established itself as the single biggest hit television series of the 1960s.

Bonanza also featured a memorable theme song by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans that was orchestrated by David Rose and arranged by Billy May for the television series.

Bonanza is uniquely known for having addressed racism, not typically covered on American television during the time period, from a compassionate, humanitarian point-of-view.

In addition to her stage work, Wright made numerous television appearances throughout the decade, including episodes for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1964 ) on CBS, Bonanza ( 1964 ) on NBC, The Defenders ( 1964, 1965 ) on CBS, and CBS Playhouse ( 1969 ).

* Pave Eagle-Modified Beechcraft Bonanza drone aircraft for low altitude sensor monitoring.

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.

In 1991, Tanzania hosted a hip hop competition called " Yo Rap Bonanza .” While most rappers were performing American songs word for word ; Saleh Ajabry, a Tanzanian, wrote his own Swahili lyrics to a song based on Vanilla Ice ’ s “ Ice Ice Baby ,” and won the competition .< ref > AFRICAN HIP HOP IN TANZANIA-Highlights of a Conversation with Alex Perullo 2005.

His was the Spanish-language voice for " Little Joe " one of the Cartwright brothers ( played by Michael Landon ) in the U. S. television show Bonanza.

The Bonanza could seat three in addition to the pilot.

The three musicians boarded the red and white single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza at the Mason City Airport around 12: 30 AM on February 3.

Heinz Company's Studio 57, Screen Directors Playhouse, two episodes of Climax !, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Martha Raye Show, Playhouse 90, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Johnny Ringo, two episodes of Bonanza, an episode of The Andy Griffith Show, three episodes of Maverick playing assorted homicidal villains, and 77 Sunset Strip.

The original series has spawned: several successful novelty western / folk albums from 1962 – 1965 ; three dozen Dell and Gold Key comic books from 1962 through 1970 ; Jim Beam Whiskey Ponderosa Ranch decanters 1964 – 1966 ; a series of " Big-Little " books from 1966 – 1969 ; Revel Bonanza model character sets from 1966 – 1968 ; a chain of Bonanza and Ponderosa steakhouses from 1963 – present ; the Lake Tahoe-based " Ponderosa " theme park from 1967 – 2004 ; a line of American Character action figures in 1966 – 1967 ; Aladdin lunch buckets and thermos bottles in 1966 – 1968 ; View Master slide sets from 1965 – 1973 ; Ponderosa tin cups from 1967 – 2004 ; a series of Hamilton collector plates in 1989 – 1990 ; and most recently, Breyer Fiftieth Anniversary Ponderosa Stable sets, with horses and Cartwright figures in 2009 – 2011.

The beginning of Bonanza finds Jack Shaftoe awakened from a syphilitic blackout of nearly three years.

He appeared on episodes of other television programs including a 1961 season three episode of Bonanza titled " Broken Ballad ", as well as The Golden Girls, The Nanny, The Girls Next Door and Wings.

The final three, Erie, Jumbo and Bonanza, closed that September.

Very few of the original Bonanza episodes were shot at the theme park's Virginia City site, although the town was prominently featured in three Bonanza television movies.

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.

He also was seen on Dragnet, Zorro, in a recurring role across three seasons on Bonanza ( Italian grapegrower Giorgio Rossi ,) as Tully the bartender in the 1960-1961 series " Hong Kong " ( that launched Aussie actor Rod Taylor into his film career ).

Lauter also made appearances on many television programs, particularly westerns: The Gene Autry Show ( sixteen episodes ), Annie Oakley ( 12 episodes ), The Lone Ranger and The Range Rider ( eleven episodes each ), Gunsmoke and Rawhide ( ten episodes each ), Death Valley Days and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ( seven episodes each ), Laramie and Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater ( six episodes each ), The Virginian and State Trooper ( five times each ), and Cheyenne, Bonanza, and Maverick ( three episodes each ).

His other appearances include: Wagon Train ( three times ), The Adventures of Kit Carson ( twice as Henry Jordan ), the Western anthology series Frontier ( twice ), Sheriff of Cochise, Pony Express, Behind Closed Doors, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Have Gun – Will Travel, Trackdown, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Tombstone Territory, Whispering Smith, The Twilight Zone (" The Grave ", " The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank ," and " Jess-Belle "), Wanted: Dead or Alive, Overland Trail, Bat Masterson, The Rebel ( TV series ), Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Man and the Challenge, Combat, The Mod Squad ), I Spy, Perry Mason, The Incredible Hulk, The Fugitive (" Terror At High Point "), Stagecoach West, and In the Heat of the Night.

He had numerous roles in Western series, including Frontier, Crusader, My Friend Flicka ( three times ), Boots and Saddles, Northwest Passage, The Restless Gun ( four times ), Sheriff of Cochise, State Trooper, Wagon Train ( 4 times ), Overland Trail, Laramie ( 4 times ), The Big Valley, Daniel Boone, The Legend of Jesse James, Death Valley Days, Zane Grey Theater ( 4 times ), The Rifleman ( 3 times ), Rawhide, Gunsmoke ( 10 times ), Bonanza ( 4 times ), Laredo ( The Treasure of San Diablo ) and The Oregon Trail.

He has been a mainstay on episodic TV for three decades, appearing in such classics as Mission: Impossible, The Partridge Family, Bonanza, Kung Fu, Gunsmoke, The Rockford Files, The Waltons, The Incredible Hulk, M * A * S * H, Knight Rider, Magnum, P. I., The Greatest American Hero and Murder, She Wrote.