Mark Twain is from Virginia City, NV.
If Bonanza had tried to stay more true to life they could have put Mark Twain in the show. The famous writer was in Virginia City during the time period that Bonanza was set. Just think about it, whoa.
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Bonanza was killed by the Rural Purge.
Networks in the ’70s wanted to step away from rural, southern mainstream TV shows. Bonanza was one of the final victims of the so called Rural Purge. Networks dumped those shows like a successful liposuction surgery.