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Edgar Emanuel Hetteen. (Died February 12, 2011) Edgar E. Hetteen, age 90 of Grand Rapids, died Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Diamond Willow in Grand Rapids. Edgar was born in 1920 to Emanuel and Mae Hetteen in Roseau, Minnesota where he grew up and attended school. Edgar served in the U. S. Navy during World War II and returned to Roseau ...
In 1983, Hetteen co-founded — with Gary Lemke — ASV (for all-season vehicles) in Grand Rapids, making rubber-tracked utility vehicles, and this time, he made a fortune, according to published reports. In 2000, Hetteen and Johnson rode together for 900 miles in Alaska, with several others, recreating Hetteen’s 1960 pioneering trek.
Feb 15, 2011 · Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until the 2 p.m. funeral service on Saturday at Grace Bible Chapel, 2452 County Road 76, Grand Rapids. Richard Chin can be reached at 651-228-5560. Edgar Hetteen ...
- Prelude to A Dream
- Past and Present
- Homecoming
- Beating Technology
- Triumphant Return
In the fall of 1999, a good friend that works at Polaris named Ed Skomoroh laid out plans for a re-creation of Hetteen’s Alaska trip. Bob Persson, a friend of Hetteen’s, suggested another Alaskan adventure to mark the 40th anniversary of the journey. Hetteen himself was going on the trip as well as Polaris co-founder David Johnson, Polaris CEO Tom ...
The first day on the trail went so well that we left the village of Tuluksak the next morning excited for the adventure to continue. The second day was going to be a long ride of about 160 miles with a stop at the home of Alex Aloysius in the village of Kalskag. Aloysius guided Hetteen and the original crew safely across the great portage on the 19...
Because of the late arrival into Grayling the night before, day three began with a visit to the school. We were impressed to see the school decorated with “Welcome back to Grayling” signs and a ’60s vintage Sno-Traveler in front of the school. Kaltag was the next destination village for the group. Our guide, Esmailka, had even more reason to hope t...
That evening in Ruby, the technology connection failed us. Miels and I tried, as we did each night, to send photos back via the satellite phone to the Internet. Just to the south of us was a large bluff that prevented a clear angle to the satellite. There was no way we would get a clear connection from town. We loaded up the equipment and drove a f...
The final legs of the journey went by so fast, as we had our final destination of Fairbanks drawing closer. A sense of sadness started to come over me as I realized this dream trip started to come to a close. The trip was going so well and we still had several more villages and sights to see. I started to feel the success of the trip was at hand, t...
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 ...
Mar 17, 2022 · Edgar Hetteen was born in 1920 in Roseau, Minnesota, where he was raised and educated. He was the son of Emmanuel and Mae Hetteen, two immigrants who left Sweden to seek the American dream. They owned an 80-acre farm south of Roseau. Young Edgar helped with farm chores like milking the cows, feeding the cattle, and harvesting the hay.
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Edgar Hetteen. One of snowmobiling’s true visionaries, Edgar Hetteen co-founded the Polaris snowmobile company in 1954 and later the Arctic Cat snowmobile company in 1959. A tireless promoter of the fun of snowmobiling, Edgar made spreading the word of this this winter sport his life’s work. A relentless “idea man”, Hetteen continually ...
