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Dec 4, 2014 · The Invention. Many history books, Wikipedia pages and even his plaque at the Snowmobile Hall Of Fame list Edgar Hetteen as “the father of the snowmobile,” but Hetteen’s own book set the record straight: It was David Johnson who sired what is now referred to as No. 1, and was instrumental in building No. 2 — the machine built for the third business partner in Polaris, Edgar’s brother ...
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 ...
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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The company expanded beyond hoist and derrick work, building anything customers needed, including a highly successful line of farm products. Such a diverse company needed a less-restrictive name, so in 1954, Edgar and David incorporated the business as Polaris Industries Inc.
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.
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.
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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.
