A relic from Paterson's early days as a diversified industrial powerhouse is expected to be sold for more than $250,000 next month. The rare Colt "Paterson" revolver will likely be far and away the ...

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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, ...

Samuel Colt and his 1851 Navy Revolver. Everyone knows Texas was an independent republic after winning its independence from Mexico, but between 1836 and its annexation by the United States in 1845, ...

"A sweeping, definitive biography of Samuel Colt--the inventor of the legendary Colt revolver (a.k.a. six-shooter)--which changed the US forever, triggering the industrial revolution and the ...

OKOBOJI, Iowa -- After collecting antique firearms for more than 60 years, Denny LeVett is seeing the bulk of his collection in one place at one time for the first time at the Pearson Lakes Art Center ...

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There are plenty of flashy, souped-up guns on the market that cost thousands of dollars, but some historically significant (and expensive) guns are worth far more than their weight in gold. From the ...