Beaver State Motor Company was established in 1912 in Gresham, Oregon, by P.A. Combs, who was also the vice president of an auto supply company in Portland. The company was formed to manufacture the Beaver automobile, which was notable for its 6-cylinder engine producing 45 horsepower. The Beaver was claimed to be the first pleasure car in the United States to utilize the Daimler-Lanchester worm drive, with the necessary gears imported from…