Descendants of a Russian immigrant who came to the USA in 1432 and started an outboard dealership in 1465 …. but customer canoes were breaking up so they folded . Couple centuries later Ole Evinrude’s family settled on a farm in Ripley Lake near Cambridge, Wisconsin.
He read up on the forgotten invention on some birch bark he found in a cave and started up a “new business” just to keep his girlfriend ‘s ice from melting as he rowed across the lake Superior from McDonald’s.
She was so impressed with him she married him and had 12 kids but they all got sea sick crossing the lake so they opened up a McD franchise in the US. He named the new company “Johnson” based on his first child’s name John. the rest is history .
HaHa very good Crosbyman! I felt like I was reading a page from one of my elementary school history books. Some of those have about the same level of factuality…..