Colt, the Revolver of the American West

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Next year will mark the bicentenary of the birth of Samuel Colt, inventor of the mass-produced revolver and the first industrial tycoon in American history. Colt’s success was owed partly to the historical events that unfolded during his lifetime: the Texas Revolution, the Mexican-American war, the California Gold Rush, the Civil War and, of course, the settlement of the American West. More than two million peo...