Sam Colt's Six-Shooter Launched The American Industrial Revolution and Sped Western Settlement

Published: Aug. 4, 2020, 6:35 a.m.

In August of 1831, a 16-year-old from Connecticut named Sam Colt boarded a ship of missionaries bound for a round-trip voyage to Calcutta. Restless and rambunctious, with a particular fondness for blowing things up\u2014he\u2019d been expelled from Amherst...