Article: RVS IN OREGON.(Business)

Byline: The Register-Guard

1966: Beaver RV company is founded in Corvallis.

1968: Partners Bob Lee, Ray Mehaffey, Glenn Hancock and John McCabe start Caribou Manufacturing Co. in Junction City. Beaver moves to Bend.

1973: Bob Lee starts Country Camper, forerunner of Country Coach.

1982: Transportation equipment manufacturers, primarily RV makers, employ 920 workers with a total payroll of $17 million in Lane County.

September 1983: Tom Nestell founds Marathon Coach.

1984: Collins Camper is incorporated in Springfield.

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