The 1851 Colt replaced the three versions of dragoon revolvers that came before the 1851, as it was lighter making easier to carry on a man's belt. It remained in production until 1873 because of its ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samuel Colt and his 1851 Navy Revolver. Everyone knows Texas was an independent republic after winning its independence from ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. One of a set of two cased Colt Navy ...

A WOMAN walking her dogs along the Cloncurry River found an 1861 colt navy revolver on the ground, exactly where she stopped to rest.

The Frontier West was nothing if not a place of opportunity. It offered an unlimited number of ways to perish including disease (a big favorite), thirst, starvation, weather, livestock, serpents, ...

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 ...