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Carl Ben Eielson. Carl Benjamin "Ben" Eielson (July 20, 1897 – November 9, 1929) was an American aviator, bush pilot and explorer. Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, Carl Ben Eielson Middle School Fargo, ND and Carl Ben Eielson Elementary School Grand Forks, ND as well as Ben Eielson Junior-Senior High School Eielson AFB, AK are named in his ...
It was the former home of Andres O. Ness (1850–1913), who was born in Nes, Hallingdal, Norway . In 1884 he married Ragnhild Enrud (1852-1921) and in 1900 purchased a lot in the townsite of Hatton. Their residence was built circa 1908. [2] The house is now known as the Hatton Eielson Museum. Hatton Eielson Museum and Historical Association was ...
NRHP reference No. 77001031 [1] Added to NRHP. April 11, 1977. The Carl Ben Eielson House, a Queen Anne style house on 8th St. in Hatton, North Dakota, was built in 1900. It has also been known as Osking House. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1] It is an "outstanding" Queen Anne house but is most significant ...
Website. hattonnd.com. Hatton is a city in Traill County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 712 at the 2020 census. [3] Hatton was founded in 1882, and was named for Frank Hatton, then Assistant Postmaster General. [5] Hatton is the birthplace of 20th century Arctic explorer and pilot Carl Ben Eielson.
A fossil hunter was scouring a Mississippi creek for remnants of the past when he came across the discovery of a lifetime — a tusk from an ice age Columbian mammoth.
1924–1951 – Discovery Investigations. 1928 - First aeroplane flight over Antarctica by Hubert Wilkins and Carl Ben Eielson [11] 1929–1931 – British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) – led by Douglas Mawson. 1928–1930 – Richard Evelyn Byrd – First expedition.
It was named for Carl Ben Eielson, an Alaska aviation pioneer who was killed, along with his mechanic Earl Borland, in the crash of their Hamilton H-45 aircraft in 1929. Eielson and Borland were attempting a rescue flight to an icebound ship in the Bering Sea when they were killed. On 1 April 1948, the Eielson Air Force Base Wing (Base ...
1860–1861: American Arctic Expedition led by Isaac Israel Hayes who claims to see the Open Polar Sea. 1860–1862: First expedition led by American Charles Francis Hall searching for Franklin. 1861: Swedish expedition to Svalbard led by Otto Martin Torell explores Hinlopen Strait and the north coast of Nordaustlandet.