Samuel Colt - Hartford, CT
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CraigInCT
N 41° 43.325 W 072° 41.952
18T E 691379 N 4621478
Hartford's own, an American inventor and industrialist. Known for popularizing the revolver hand gun.
Waymark Code: WM49V9
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2008
Views: 93
Sam is resting in peaceful Cedar Hill Cemetery, which is located in the southern end of Hartford.
This was my first visit here and the grounds are in a slightly hilly area. A well maintained, gorgeous setting for many local and (some) well known people.
As I searched for the gravestone, I saw lots of deer tracks and even caught a glimpse of one, just 50 feet away. Like the area, she was calm and just patiently watched me as I continued my search.
Cedar Hill Cemetery web site: (
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Description:
All the following is from the Wikipedia web page about Samuel Colt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt
On February 25, 1836 Samuel Colt was granted a patent for a "revolving gun." It was this first "practical revolver and the first practical repeating firearm," made possible by converging percussion technology, that would be the genesis of what would later germinate into an industrial and cultural legacy and a priceless contribution to the development of war technology; that was ironically personified in the naming of one of his later revolving innovations, the Peacemaker.
He built the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company factory at Hartford. His revolving-breech pistol became so popular that the word "Colt" was sometimes used as a generic term for the revolver. The gold rush and western expansion made his business boom. He was continually forced to expand the Hartford factory.
Date of birth: 07/18/1814
Date of death: 01/10/1862
Area of notoriety: Science/Technology
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: 7am to dusk
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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