Bonanza
Season 1, Episode 9: Mr. Henry Comstock
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In a flashback, the legendary prospector arrives on the Ponderosa and participates in the founding of Virginia City. Coincidentally, guest star Jack Carson played a teller at the Comstock Bank and Trust in the 1942 film, "Gentleman Jim". This early classic was the second episode filmed.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
A Rose for Lotta
Episode 2
Death on Sun Mountain
Episode 3
The Newcomers
Episode 4
The Paiute War
Episode 5
Enter Mark Twain
Episode 6
The Julia Bulette Story
Episode 7
The Saga of Annie O'Toole
Episode 8
The Phillip Diedesheimer Story
Episode 9
Mr. Henry Comstock
Episode 10
The Magnificent Adah
Episode 11
The Truckee Strip
Episode 12
The Hanging Posse
Episode 13
Vendetta
Episode 14
The Sisters
Episode 15
The Last Hunt
Episode 16
El Toro Grande
Episode 17
The Outcast
Episode 18
A House Divided
Episode 19
The Gunmen
Episode 20
The Fear Merchants
Episode 21
The Spanish Grant
Episode 22
Blood on the Land
Episode 23
Desert Justice
Episode 24
The Stranger
Episode 25
Escape to Ponderosa
Episode 26
The Avenger
Episode 27
The Last Trophy
Episode 28
San Francisco
Episode 29
Bitter Water
Episode 30
Feet of Clay
Episode 31
Dark Star
Episode 32
Death at Dawn