Biography+on+Samuel+Colt

Samuel Colt was born on July 19, 1814 in Hartford Connecticut. And died January 10, 1862, in Hartford Connecticut. As a boy he attended the local school, and he also worked in his fathers textile mill. When he was 15 years old, he decided he needed more adventure than the mill offered him, soon he became part of a crew, and also a sailor and went to sea. Samuel Colt developed his idea with a revolving cylinder. Some say it was while he was on ship and he was watching the ships wheel rotate and that’s how he came up with the idea. He did invent the revolver, and in 1836 he patinted his invention in the united states. He established a factory to manufacture firearms in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1836. colts business began to boom, he was looking to the future. He opened a faculity an England, advancing his internal reputation and began to purchase land along the Connecticut river to construct a new faculity there. The Colt name became famous world wide as demand for his products grew. Colt firearms were known for their high quality and dependability, and Samuel Colt became a very wealthy man. Samuel Colt died in 1862 at the age of 47 in Hartford, but his wife Elizabeth took over the company and it continued to improve. Colt Weapons were widely used in the civil war, and the colt 45 caliber Pacemaker model became known to Americas west.
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