It has been estimated that only one in four succeeded in the rough journey to the Yukon. This growth accelerated in the summer of 1897 when 100,000 prospectors rushed for newly discovered gold in the Klondike region of Canada’s Yukon Territory. In 1897, when Jim was nine years old, the family moved to Seattle, a booming city of 65,000 people. On March 29, 1888, the first of their four children, James Emmett Casey, was born. Henry prospected for silver, but contracted a miner’s lung disease. The young couple soon moved to the mining district of Candelaria, Nevada, where they ran a saloon.
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The two met in Chicago, where they were married. Annie Sheehan was the daughter of immigrants from Ireland’s County Cork. Henry Casey came from County Galway, Ireland. Here is the remarkable story of a man, his obsession, and his legacy. Yet few know the name of Jim Casey, and not enough of us know the amazing story of the creation and rise of UPS. UPS is one of the world’s largest (and best) non-government employers, with 454,000 employees. In 2017, the company delivered over 5 billion packages to 220 countries. Nine competing messenger services already existed in booming Seattle, America’s closest port to Asia and gateway to the riches of Alaska and the Yukon.įrom those humble beginnings sprang United Parcel Service, known today as just “UPS,” the world’s largest and most valuable transportation company.
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They hired six boys to deliver telegraph and other messages throughout Seattle and run errands for people. On August 28, 1907, nineteen-year-old James Emmett “Jim” Casey and his friend Claude Ryan borrowed $100 and founded the American Messenger Company in a six-foot by seven-foot basement office below a Seattle saloon. In this environment, it can be easy to forget or take for granted the other great enterprises that make the world go ’round. These days the news and chatter on the Internet are filled with stories of Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook. This article first appeared on in The Archbridge Institute’s ‘ American Originals’ series.