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Feb 15, 2011 · He worked in an uncle’s machine shop as a teenager, served in the military, then founded Hetteen Hoist and Derrick in the mid-1940s. His original partner was his eventual brother-in-law, David Johnson, who initially bought into the company by sending money to Edgar from the Pacific region, where David was stationed in the U.S. Navy.
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Feb 14, 2011 · 02/14/2011. MEDINA, Minn., Feb 14, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- It is with great sadness that we relay word of the passing of the legendary Edgar Hetteen, one of the co-founders of Polaris and such a long-time driving force in the snowmobile industry that he is commonly called "The Godfather of Snowmobiling." Edgar died on Saturday, February 12.
Feb 14, 2011 · mid-1940s: Founds Hetteen Hoist and Derrick, a farm machinery company 1954: Reincorporates the business as Polaris Industries, Inc. 1956: Produces the first Polaris snowmobile at the company's ...
Aug 12, 2019 · 1944: Edgar Hetteen establishes his first business, Hetteen Hoist & Derrick in Roseau, Minnesota. The business operates from a building that was once a rural dance hall, the Pine Needle Inn. The structure had been moved into Roseau before Hetteen moved in. 1946: Following his discharge from the Navy, David Johnson joins Edgar as a business partner.
Feb 15, 2011 · Working with farm equipment, he developed an engineer’s eye for innovation and invention, despite attaining only an eighth-grade education. He worked in an uncle’s machine shop as a teenager, served in the military, then founded Hetteen Hoist and Derrick in the mid-1940s.
Jan 30, 2008 · One of the three founders of Polaris Industries when the company evolved from Hetteen Hoist & Derrick, Allan was the ‘junior’ partner. Nine years younger than brother Edgar, Allan was still in school when Edgar went on his own to establish Hetteen Hoist & Derrick in 1944. The elder Hetteen grew the company through the remainder of the 1940s ...
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Edgar Hetteen on one of the first Polaris snowmobiles. Hetteen died on Saturday, February 12, 2011, in a nursing home in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, at the age of 90. Hetteen’s trail to greatness in the snowmobile industry began in 1944, when he opened his first business – called Hetteen Hoist and Derrick – after returning from World War II.
