Detailed Description
The Republic Motor Truck Company was founded on March 29, 1903 by Ammi W. Wright and James H. Lancashine in Alma, Michigan after consolidating the Oviatt Wagon Company and Molitor, Northrup & North Company under one name. Its industry was motor trucks, (originally engines), and its headquarters were in Alma, Michigan, (1903-1913), and Detroit, Michigan, (1913-1929). In 1922, the company entered into receivership and reorganized in mid-1923. It merged with the commercial truck division of the American LaFrance & Foamite Company in 1929, forming the LaFrance-Republic Corporation.