Does anyone know when the Skidoo and Arctic Cat snowmobiles were invented? I'?

I'm doing a research paper on the snowmobile and am having a hard time finding the dates for which those two snowmobiles came about. I have the year for when the Polaris snowmobile came out, just can't find the year for the other two. I greatly appreciate anyone who is willing to help me out on this one! Thank you so much!!|||Skidoo 1959





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Arctic Cat 1955-1962 first known as Polar Manufacturing.In 1962, after its inaugural year of business, Polar Manufacturing was renamed Arctic Enterprises, Inc.





1955: Pete Peterson commissions 'gas-powered' sled from Hetteen Hoist and Derrick.


1958: Snowmobiles become primary business of Hetteen Hoist and Derrick, later renamed Polaris Industries.


1960: Hetteen sells controlling interest in Polaris Industries.


1961: Hetteen moves operations to Thief River Falls, Minnesota, and founds Polar Manufacturing Company.


1962: Polar Manufacturing is renamed Arctic Enterprises, Inc.; Arctic Cat 100, the first front-engined sport sled, is introduced.


1969: Annual sales reach $21.7 million.


1970: Arctic Enterprises acquires Silverline Inc. of Moorhead, Minnesota.


1977: Lund Boat Company is acquired.


1981: Sales plummet and bankers call Arctic Enterprises' $48.5 million in loans; company files for bankruptcy.


1983: Arctco, Inc. is founded by Edgar Hetteen and investors.


1990: Arctco, Inc. goes public.


1993: Company enters personal watercraft industry.


1996: Company produces the first of its all-terrain vehicles (ATVs); Arctco changes its name to Arctic Cat Inc.


1997: Arctic Cat opens a distribution center in Bucyrus, Ohio.


1999: Arctic Cat closes its Personal Watercraft Division.





1962: Birth of Arctic Cat





Polar Manufacturing opened its doors on January 2, 1961, and initially manufactured electric steam cleaners and a device to kill insects called 'Bug-O-Vac' to raise enough money to begin snowmobile production in earnest. The first snowmobile, the 'New Polar 500,' was completed by the end of the year and marketed as a utility model for use by forestry, power and light, telephone, and oil exploration companies. Although Hetteen had wanted to develop snowmobiles as a recreational product nearly from the outset of his involvement with the machines, he knew he needed to develop a need for snowmobiles before he could begin to inspire a desire for them. In 1962, after its inaugural year of business, Polar Manufacturing was renamed Arctic Enterprises, Inc.. That year it introduced the red 'Arctic Cat 100,' the first front-engined sport sled in the United States, which Hetteen referred to as the 'Tin Lizzie.' Concurrent with the introduction of the Arctic Cat 100, a distribution network was established to carry the machine to distant markets, as Hetteen had always hoped. Although the New Polar 500 had been the first model produced, the Arctic Cat 100 represented the beginning of an era for both Arctic Enterprises and snowmobile enthusiasts across the country, ushering in a new winter sport and launching the Arctic Cat tradition.D|||Jamaica mon.


Edit: Sorry I wasn't wearing my glasses. I thought you said where. I have no idea when these two companies started making snow mobiles.|||Ski-Doo - 1959


Not sure on arctic cat.