# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-colt
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:05:37.556Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Samuel Colt's first tries — a firearms shop in Paterson, New Jersey, and a side hustle in underwater mines — went nowhere. Then 1847: the Texas Rangers ordered 1,000 revolvers for the war with Mexico, and the factory in Hartford roared to life. By the Civil War his guns were shipping to both sides; after, they rode west with the frontier. He died in January 1862, wildly wealthy, having pioneered interchangeable parts and assembly-line production when the Industrial Revolution was still finding its legs. Along the way he sold the things like no one had before: art commissions, celebrity endorsements, corporate swag. The revolver became viable because Colt made it industrial, and famous because he knew how to move product.