Albert A. Michelson
In an episode of the television series "Bonanza" ("Look to the Stars", broadcast March 18, 1962), Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) helps the 16-year-old Michelson (portrayed by 25-year-old Douglas Lambert (1936–1986)) obtain an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, despite the opposition of the bigoted town schoolteacher (played by William Schallert). "Bonanza" was set in and around Virginia City, Nevada, where Michelson lived with his parents prior to leaving for the Naval Academy. In a voice-over at the end of the episode, Greene mentions Michelson's 1907 Nobel Prize.
Movie ranch
Red Hills Ranch is a movie ranch in Sonora, California, which served as a location for "Bonanza", "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.", "Little House on the Prairie" and other productions. The outdoor sets built for "Back to the Future Part III" (1990) and used in "Bad Girls" (1994) were destroyed by a lightning strike wildfire in 1996.