jim casey

The truth about how UPS got started - Grunge Seattle has always been a city of industry and innovation, something that teenagers Jim Casey and Claude Ryan knew all too well. In 1907 they borrowed $100 from an acquaintance and founded the American Messenger Company. This modest courier service...

With $100, a Seattle teenager launched the company that would become UPS - KUOW If you’ve been on the Seattle Underground Tour, you know that UPS launched here. If you just said, “Wait, what?” this story is for you. It starts in 1907 with a young man named Jim Casey. According to Dan...