His concept was the very first snowmobile. And he made that first snowmobile all the way back in 1924. We wouldn't be out shredding deep backcountry powder had it not been for Eliason just wanting to ...

As the old saying goes, "Necessity is the mother of invention," so instead of creating a whole new vehicle, White built his first converted Model T "snowmobile" (a term he coined) in 1913.