![]() Eventually Republics were sold and serviced in 48 states and more than 50 countries. The company would manufacture more than 70,000 trucks in all including several thousand “Liberty” trucks used in World War I. By 1920 every ninth truck produced in America was a Republic. Ruggles had designed such an affordable and reliable truck that by 1916 Republic had become the largest exclusive manufacturer of trucks in the world. Initially the trucks would be sold under the Hercules name and distributed by the Maxwell Motor Company but in just a few months would switch to the Republic brand. That prototype would become the precursor to the Republic Truck Company and in the spring of 1913, trucks began rolling out of this factory. Ruggles drove his self-designed truck down a snow covered Superior Street right here in Alma, MI. ![]() ![]() I n January of 1911, automotive pioneer Frank W. ![]()
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