While the current recreational snowmobile has a relatively recent history, it is not new to snow-travel. Although the Wright Brothers were able to fly in 1903 with their aircraft, it wasn’t until 1908 that the first snowmobile was made. It was the Lombard log-hauler that was built in Waterville Maine. This machine, which was heavy and bulky, looked a lot like a steam engine but had front skis and a half-track design. O.C. Johnson, an O.C. man was born in 1909. Johnson created an over-the-snow machine, which could be used on top of snow. It measured approximately 10 feet in...