Week 10: March
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Charles Goodnight born in Macoupin County, IL; Texas Rancher. {001}
1870
Frank Norris (Benjamin Franklin) born in Chicago, IL: American novelist. {001}
1837
The Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Patterson, NJ, chartered by Sam Colt and his investors. The company went broke but Colt was able to keep his patents. The second chance came in 1847 when Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers ordered 1000 revolvers from Colt, who at the time had no factory. He hired Eli Whitney Blake to make the guns according to an improved design from a collaboration with Walker. This led to
