Is there a tv collection that higher symbolizes the golden age of TV Westerns than Bonanza? Set in opposition to the sweeping backdrop of the Nevada Territory in the course of the 1860s, Bonanza adopted the lives of the Cartwright household, comprised of patriarch Ben (performed by Lorne Greene) and his three very totally different sons: the sensible and severe Adam (Pernell Roberts), the kindhearted and powerful Hoss (Dan Blocker), and the fiery, impetuous Little Joe (Michael Landon). Every episode blended motion, drama, and heartfelt household dynamics, making Bonanza a weekly ritual for tens of millions of households — till the tragic loss of life of Dan Blocker brought on the present to come back to a untimely finish.