If you’ve ever seen the 1959-1973 television series “Bonanza,”
you’re sure to remember the (almost) two-story log cabin home that was the
jewel of the Cartwright’s sprawling ranch, the Ponderosa. When Lorne Greene,
who played the patriarch of the Cartwright family, walked onto the set for the
first day of filming, he fell in love. “I swore to myself someday I’d have a
house like that,” he said. It took him four years, but he made good on his
promise. In March of 1963, Lorne and his wife Nancy welcomed their closest friends
to a housewarming party at their new home between Mesa and Apache Junction, “The
Ponderosa II.” Their guests admired the massive log house with its enormous
stone fireplace, wrought-iron doors, and period furniture that Nancy
painstakingly stalked and purchased. There’s even a rustic grand staircase that
leads to a non-existent second floor, exactly like the original set.
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