Appendix

Ole’s Time Line

1877	—	Ole Evinrude is born in Norway on April 19.
1882	—	The Evinrude family comes to America.
1892	—	Ole builds his first boat and sails it on Lake Ripley.
1892–1899	—	Ole works at various shops in Madison, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.
1900	—	Ole moves to Milwaukee and works for the E. P. Allis Company.
1900–1908	—	Ole forms a series of partnerships—including Clemick and Evinrude and the Motor Car Power Equipment Company—all of which fall apart quickly.
1906	—	Ole gets his idea for an outboard motor while on a picnic.
		Ole and Bess are married on November 21.
		Cameron Waterman invents the first-known successful outboard motor.
1907	—	Ralph Evinrude is born on September 27.
1909	—	Ole builds and sells his first outboard motors. Bess writes the famous “Don’t Row!” slogan.
1911	—	Ole forms the Evinrude Detachable Row Boat Motor Company with Chris Meyer.
1914	—	Ole sells his half of the company to Chris Meyer.
1920	—	Ole and Bess form the Elto Outboard Motor Company.
1929	—	Evinrude, Elto, and Lockwood Motor Company merge to form Outboard Motors Corporation (OMC), with Ole as president of the new company.
1933	—	Bess Evinrude dies.
1934	—	Ole Evinrude dies.
		Ralph Evinrude takes over as president of OMC.
1982	—	Ralph retires from OMC.
2001	—	Bombardier Recreational Products buys the Evinrude motor line.