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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.
Eielson Air Force Base (IATA: EIL, ICAO: PAEI, FAA LID: EIL) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, and just southeast of Moose Creek, Alaska. It was established in 1943 as Mile 26 Satellite Field and redesignated Eielson Air Force Base on 13 January 1948.
Five Points (or The Five Points) was a 19th-century neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City.The neighborhood, partly built on low-lying land which had filled in the freshwater lake known as the Collect Pond, was generally defined as being bound by Centre Street to the west, the Bowery to the east, Canal Street to the north, and Park Row to the south.
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.
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.