The years immediately following the American Civil War presented an interesting dilemma for the Colt Patent Firearms Co. Its reliable percussion revolvers had been the most popular military sidearms ...
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circa 1835: The original Colt revolver, as patented by Colonel Samuel Colt. circa 1835: The original Colt revolver, as patented by Colonel Samuel Colt.Getty Images On the warm afternoon of June 8, ...
On October 26, 1881, shots rang out at the O.K. Corral. Within the first 30 seconds of the shootout, three members of the Clanton gang were killed. Men on both sides, including Wyatt Earp, Doc ...
HARTFORD, CONN. — It’s been a decade since the Wadsworth Atheneum had an exhibit on native son Samuel Colt, an icon who revolutionized the American firearms industry and put Hartford on the world map.
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