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"Sam & Elizabeth: Legend and Legacy of Colt's Empire"Epic romance, epic times, epic lives. Sam and Elizabeth Colt, more than any couple in the history of Connecticut’s capital city, changed the course of history – he by developing a model of industrial technology that changed the world of work. She, though countless acts of civic leadership and philanthropy. The Colt’s story mirrors and shaped the transformation of Hartford from a center of trade and government in a small agrarian economy to an international powerhouse in industry and finance. This program traces the rise of Colt’s Amory and the firearms and machine tool industries. After his premature death at the age of 47, Colt’s empire was inherited and controlled by Elizabeth. Over the next 40 years she was the controlling stockholder and the largest taxpayer in the richest small city in America. Her interests in art, architecture, religion, social services and civic harmony gave her a role in public life few women of her generation could imagine. She became a role model for Progressive era Connecticut women whose work and advocacy set the stage for the advent of women’s rights. Politics, art, money, power, triumph and tragedy – it’s all here and based on an exhibition and collection donated by the Colts to Wadsworth Atheneum.To book a feature length program contact William Hosley at [email protected]
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Sam & Elizabeth:
Legend & Legacy of Colt’s Empire
By William Hosley
Machinists and machine tools at Colt’s Armory, c 1859
Armsmear – the Colts’ mansion (1857) estate & architect-designed estate gardens
Colt Park – As it appeared about 1910. Donated to the City of Hartford by Elizabeth Hart Colt
Colt Monument, Cedar Hill Cemetery, 1864 by James Batterson & Randolph Rogers
Sam Colt / Elizabeth & Caldwell Colt, 1865
Elizabeth Colt’s Picture Gallery, advised by Hartford family friend Frederic Church
Church of the Good Shepherd by Edward T. Potter
Treasures from the Centennial Exposition, 1876
The Dauntless
The Lure of Italy: Treasures from Colt’s 1881 Grand Tour
Reproduction of Chair from Doge Palace, Venice
Caldwell Colt Memorial House by ET Potter, 1894
Colt Memorial Wing, Wadsworth Atheneum
Elizabeth Colt – 1st woman in America to lead & build municipal art museum expansion, 1910
Colt’s Empire exhibition
Wadsworth Atheneum
1997
Saving Coltsville, A Preservation initiative
Sam & Elizabeth:
Legend & Legacy of Colt’s Empire
by William Hosley
Terra Firma NortheastTo book a feature length presentation contact
[email protected] thanks to Wadsworth Atheneum, the Museum of Connecticut History, Karen Blanchfield White, Dean Nelson, the National Park Service, Congressman John
Larson & those who’ve supported our efforts to preserve Colt’s heritage and tell this story
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