TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

Automobile entrepreneur Henry Ford traveled to Hartford to study the Colt factory’s use of an assembly line, interchangeable parts and the supply chain. The Colt history also prominently ...

The factory's founder was Victor-Auguste Poulain, who began mass production of chocolate in 1848. The brand's symbol is a leaping colt, directly referencing the word "poulain" (French for colt).