Was the fictional PONDEROSA RANCH larger than the state of Rhode Island?

On the original version of the TV series "BONANZA" (1959-73), there was (supposedly) an episode that stated the total land area of the famous ranch, either in acreage or square miles. If that's true, then a total land area comparison could be made, to see if the fictional ranch is larger than the actual state of Rhode Island. Asked by Scorpio7 42 months ago Similar questions: fictional PONDEROSA RANCH larger state Rhode Island Entertainment > Television.

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Rhode Island is 3,144 km² and the Ponderosa Ranch is only 2,400 km² so it was not larger. Rhode Island is 3,144 km² and the Ponderosa Ranch is only 2,400 km² so it was not larger than Rhode Island. The Ponderosa was the fictional setting for Bonanza.

According to the storyline, it was a 600,000 acre (2,400 km²) ranch on the shores of Lake Tahoe, nestled high in the Sierra Nevada, with a large ranch house in the center of it. Ben Cartwright was said to have built the original, smaller homestead after moving from New Orleans with his pregnant third wife Marie and his two sons, Adam and Hoss. The grown Adam, an architect/engineer, designed the later sprawling ranch house as depicted on TV.

The fictional ranch was roughly a two hour horse ride from Virginia City, Nevada. (Note: There are slight variations to the origin of the Ponderosa Ranch, and one may take one's pick from either the original "Bonanza" series, Lorne Greene's 1963 song "Saga of the Ponderosa", the 1988-95 TV movies, or the 2001 PAX prequel series, "Ponderosa"). The ranch house was really a single level structure that had a facade second story.

Inside there was a staircase that seemingly lead to the second floor corridor- but it was a dead end. The bedroom scenes were filmed at Burbank studios. Whether the inspiration for that name was the presence in the area of a great number of Ponderosa pines or whether it was taken from the original Latin meaning of large (root of the English word ponderous) is debated.

The exteriors for the TV show were occasionally shot here, usually out of sequence. Crews sometimes were able to complete an entire season's work in just a few daysOfficial language(s) none (de facto English) Demonym Rhode Islander Capital Providence Largest city Providence Area Ranked 50th in the US - Total 1,545 sq mi(3,144 km²) - Width 37 miles (60 km) - Length 48 miles (77 km) - % water 32.4 - Latitude 41°?09' N to 42°?01' N - Longitude 71°?07' W to 71°?53' W Population Ranked 43rd in the US - Total 1,048,319 - Density 691.0/sq mi 387.35/km² (2nd in the US) Elevation - ghest point Jerimoth ll1812 ft (247 m) - Mean 200 ft (60 m) - Lowest point Atlantic Ocean10 ft (0 m) Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponderosa_Ranch .

About half the size of Rhode Island, actually... Which is still a pretty good-sized spread. I did a quick Google search and most "Bonanza" synopses (sp? ) claim the Ponderosa ranch was a half-million acres.

One square mile is 640 acres, so a half-millon acres would be about 781 square miles. Another Google search shows that Rhode Island is about 1,214 square miles. So the fabled Ponderosa ranch is a bit more than half the size of Rhode Island.

That's a lot of fence! .

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