Monthly Archives for August 2012


August 28: Irish Immigrant Begins Company

On 28 August 1907, James E. Casey borrowed $100 from a friend and began American Messenger Company in Seattle, Washington. In 1913, the company changed its name to the Merchants Parcel Delivery. In 1919, the company again changed its name to the United Parcel Service, the name it uses to this day. Casey was the […]