Bonanza

Scenes for this episode were filmed at Big Bear Lake and Shay Ranch, Big Bear Lake, California. The shots in the opening credits of the Cartwrights riding up and posing were filmed at this time. These credits were used in an episode airing previously, The Philip Diedesheimer Story.

Those famous watercolors used during the opening and closing credits were first featured in this episode. At this point in the series, they were used for only the end credits. According to the "Bonanza: Scenery of the Ponderosa" web site, the vividly colored portraits were designed by Bonanza's art director A. Earl Hedrick, scenic art designer Hal Pereira, and producer David Dortort. The name of the actual artist who did the paintings is lost to history.