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When \u201cBonanza\u201d first went on the air in 1959, the Ponderosa Ranch where it was supposed to take place did not exist except as soundstages in Hollywood. Outdoor scenes were filmed at the north shore of Lake Tahoe in Nevada; at the beginning of each episode, the titles appeared over a burning map that shoed exactly where Ben Cartright and his three boys (Adam, Little Joe, and Hoss) lived.<\/p>\n

In the 1960s the program grew so successful that viewers started making pilgrimages to Lake Tahoe to see the ranch. An entrepreneur named Bill Anderson built it for them- faithful to the one on TV- and opened his hates in 1967, when \u201cBonanza\u201d was number one in the ratings. Over the years, his attraction expanded from a mere ranch house\u00a0 into a Western theme park that now includes the Church of the Ponderosa (where you can really get married), horseback trails, hay wagon breakfast rides (including Ben\u2019s recipe for scrambled eggs and houseboy Hop-Sing\u2019s sausage), and a lunch specialty named fo Ben\u2019s fattest son: the Hossburger.<\/p>\n

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