America has always been an inventive nation and this week we celebrate the filing of a patent that changed the history of this country. The man who filed it was born in 1814, in the city of Hartford ...

Samuel Colt and his 1851 Navy Revolver. Everyone knows Texas was an independent republic after winning its independence from Mexico, but between 1836 and its annexation by the United States in 1845, ...

One of the more surprising facts about Samuel Colt that even shooting enthusiasts don’t know is that he really didn’t create many of the most iconic firearms to bear his name. While the Colt Single ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: During the Cold War, the Colt Manufacturing Company retained its relationship with the U.S. military. Colt didn’t develop the AR-15/M-16 but it was responsible for the ...

Today, on the 19th of July, we celebrate the birth anniversary of an iconic figure in the world of invention, industrialism, and entrepreneurship: Samuel Colt. Born in 1814, Colt's innovative mind and ...

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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A relic from Paterson's early days as a diversified industrial powerhouse is expected to be sold for more than $250,000 next month. The rare Colt "Paterson" revolver will likely be far and away the ...

An online auction hosted by Westport-based University Archives later this month will feature 288 items of historical significance, including typewriters belonging to Jack Kerouac and Ernest Hemingway, ...

On Feb. 25, 1964, brash underdog Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) stunned the boxing world with a TKO of Sonny "the Bear" Liston, winning the world heavyweight championship. Colt Defense, established in ...