Do most of your ordered packages arrive on time? Either from the US Postal Service or the UPS, I'll bet they did.
Bet you had no clue that the company that would become United Parcel service (UPS) began in Seattle, Washington, on August 28, 1907. Teenagers Jim Casey and Claude Ryan founded the American Messenger Company, a messenger and delivery service, with a $100 loan and two bicycles. They delivered packages and messages around Seattle, laying the groundwork for the global shipping giant UPS is today.
By 1919, the company had expanded to Oakland, California, and changed it's name to United Parcel Service. That same year, the brown trucks and uniforms became the company colors. The headquarters of the company today is in New York City.
There are over 5700 UPS stations across America and Washington state boasts over 130 of them.
Did you or an ancestor work for UPS?? Why did they choose to work for UPS?
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