United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Charles, Ronna2004-09-09Encyclopedia article about United Parcel Service (UPS). United Parcel Service (UPS), based in Atlanta since 1991, was established in Seattle, Washington, in 1907 as the American Messenger Company. Its financial backing was a mere $100, borrowed by the company's founder, Jim Casey. He soon began to expand the company's services from delivering simple messages to providing delivery of parcels for retail stores in the Seattle area.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.United Parcel ServiceDelivery of goods--United StatesUnited Parcel Service (UPS)Text