Ponderosa may refer to:
Places
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Ponderosa, California
Ponderosa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tulare County, California, Tulare County, California. Ponderosa sits at an elevation of . The 2020 United States census reported Ponderosa's population was 51. Ponderosa can be reached from Portervi ...
, a census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States
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Ponderosa, New Mexico
Ponderosa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 383 as of New Mexico's 2015 Census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Ponderosa is located at (3 ...
, a census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States
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Village of Ponderosa, a New Urbanism-inspired community in West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Entertainment
* Fictional family of drug aficionados, punks, and cats, on the show ''
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'', also known colloquially simply as ''Always Sunny'', is an American sitcom created by Rob McElhenney and co-developed by Glenn Howerton for FX (TV channel), FX. It premiered on August 4, 2005, and stars Charl ...
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''Ponderosa'' (TV series), a 2001–2002 television series that was the prequel to ''Bonanza''
* Ponderosa, fictional ranch bordering the northeast side of Lake Tahoe in the American television series ''
Bonanza
''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...
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* ''Ponderosa'', a title used for reruns of the American television series ''
Bonanza
''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...
'' during the summer of 1972
* Ponderosa, an American
Southern rock
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitars and vocals.
History 1950s and 1960s: origin ...
band
* Ponderosa, a track on the album
Maxinquaye
''Maxinquaye'' is the debut studio album by English rapper and producer Tricky (musician), Tricky, released on 20 February 1995 by 4th & B'way Records, a subsidiary of Island Records. In the years leading up to the album, Tricky had grown frust ...
by
Tricky
* 'The Ponderosa', the home of Bryn Cartwright in the 1997 British dark comedy crime film
Twin Town
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
While there are early examples of inte ...
Schools
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Ponderosa Elementary School (South San Francisco)
The South San Francisco Unified School District is a school district in northern San Mateo County, California, San Mateo County, California, serving the cities of South San Francisco, California, South San Francisco, a small portion of San B ...
, an elementary school located in South San Francisco, California, United States
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Ponderosa High School (California)
Ponderosa High School is a public high school in Shingle Springs, California. Opened in 1963,(16 May 2008)El Dorado school bond is badly needed ''Sacramento Bee'' ("Ponderosa High School which opened in 1963 ...") it is a member of the El Dorado ...
, a member of the El Dorado Union High School District in Shingle Springs, California, United States
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Ponderosa High School (Colorado), a public high school in Parker, Colorado, United States
Plants
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Ponderosa pine
''Pinus ponderosa'', commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, western yellow-pine, or filipinus pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America. It is t ...
, a widespread and variable pine native to western North America
Other
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Ponderosa (Sheffield), an open space / recreation area in Sheffield, England
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Ponderosa (typeface), Adobe's version of French Clarendon XXX Condensed
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Ponderosa lemon
The ponderosa lemon (''Citrus'' × ''pyriformis'') (also called Skierniewice lemonKonarska, A., and E. Weryszko-Chmielewska. "Micromorphology, anatomy and ultrastructure of nectaries in two types of flowers of Citrus limon cv.‘Ponderosa’." Ac ...
(limon × medica), a citrus species thought to be a hybrid of a lemon and a citron
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Ponderosa Lodge
Ponderosa Lodge at La Foret Conference and Retreat Center is a historic lodge in Black Forest, Colorado. It is a National Register of Historic Places listing[Ponderosa Park (disambiguation) Ponderosa Park may refer to:
* Ponderosa Park, Colorado
* Ponderosa Park, Arizona
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Ponderosa Ranch
The Ponderosa Ranch was a theme park based on the television western ''Bonanza'', which housed the land, timber and livestock-rich Cartwright family. The amusement park operated in Incline Village, Nevada, Incline Village, Nevada, near Lake Tahoe, ...
, a real-life amusement park which was located on the set of the fictitious setting of the television series ''Bonanza''
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Ponderosa Ranch Airport, a private airport located south of Seneca in Grant County, Oregon, United States
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Ponderosa Steakhouse
Ponderosa Steakhouse and Bonanza Steakhouse are a chain of buffet/steakhouse restaurants that are a part of Homestyle Dining LLC based in Plano, Texas. Its menu includes steaks, hamburgers, seafood, and chicken and potato entrées, all of whic ...
, a restaurant chain that primarily serves steaks
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Ponderosa Stomp
The Ponderosa Stomp is an annual American roots music festival dedicated to "recognizing the architects of rock-n-roll, blues, jazz, country, swamp pop and soul music." It was founded in New Orleans in 2002 and produced by the non-profit Mystic K ...
, an annual American roots music festival dedicated to recognizing the architects of rock-n-roll, blues, jazz, country, swamp pop and soul music
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Ponderosa Sun Club, a nudist resort in Roselawn, Indiana, United States
See also
* ''
Ponterosa
''Ponterosa'' is a 2001 Finland, Finnish comedy film directed by brothers Mika and Pasi Kemmo. The film takes place in a campsite in Åland, where a group of very different people get to know each other.
Cast
* Tony Halme as Mauri, "Maukka"
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'', a 2001 Finnish film
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