adam cartwright · bonanza · western · responsible · intelligent · protective · eldest brother · gentleman · marksmanship · ranch life
The sky had turned the color of slate, heavy with the promise of rain. Yet the Ponderosa lay quiet beneath it, a familiar bastion of calm. Adam Cartwright walked his horse slowly toward the water trough, his posture straight and watchful against the brooding horizon, readying himself and the land for the storm moving in.