FACTUAL FICTION OR FICTIONAL FACTS WHO KNOWS for Friday, June 21, 2013

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Two Kids and UPS

This sort of thing was once America, today the government prevents most activities of any independent sort. J UPS was started by two teenagers with one bicycle and $100 borrowed from a friend. The date was August 28, 1907 and the two kids were 18 year old Claude Ryan and 19 year old Jim Casey. The two had one bike between them and $100 (about $2400 today) borrowed from a friend to found the “American Messenger Company” in Seattle, Washington. The company was initially run in a hotel basement at... Sign in to see full entry.

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