The U-Haul Chicago Artist Lofts are rich with history and they are just getting started with a new chapter. It began when Alexander Thomson and James Taylor of Thomson &...
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U-Haul Pioneer Ray Smith
Henry Ford said, “You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.” After many years of hard work and dedication, U-Haul Pioneer and Area District Vice President (ADVP)...
Carty Milk House Steeped in U-Haul History
RIDGEFIELD, Wash. – Bella can’t stop grinning as she ambles through the Carty milk house. She absorbs every detail as if looking through a child’s eyes. She spouts questions like...
The History of Vintage U-Haul Toys
Having been around since 1945, U-Haul has a great deal of history behind it. One small piece of this history involves some of the little trinkets that have been produced by the...
Locals Embrace Link Between U-Haul Rentals and Ridgefield
RIDGEFIELD, Wash. – Geri and Heather Beals sorted homemade candles, soaps and scented sugar scrubs as the outdoor market began taking shape across from the Ridgefield community...
Hurricane Katrina: 10 Years Later
NEW ORLEANS—In late August 2005, millions of eyes were fixated on their TV screens watching news coverage of what would become one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in...
U-Haul History Profiled Ahead of Ridgefield Heritage Day
Reporter J.C. Cortez of The Reflector, a Washington state newspaper in Battle Ground near U-Haul Company’s birthplace of Ridgefield, has penned a superb profile ahead of...
Meet the Team: Shannon Papa
In 1984, when U-Haul was still renting anything and everything, U-Haul Pioneer Shannon Papa began her career with the Company. She was hired to answer the phones at U-Haul Moving...
Wear U-Haul 70th Anniversary Apparel with pride
WWII veteran L.S. “Sam” Shoen and his wife Anna Mary Carty Shoen co-founded U-Haul in 1945 and created the do-it-yourself moving industry. They shared the hard work and put every...
U-Haul Dealer Pioneer Mary Hayden
Just nine years after U-Haul was founded, the Little Store and U-Haul Dealership in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, opened for business. Doyle “Chuck” Hayden became a U-Haul Dealer on...
Meet the Team: Phil Schnee
Phil Schnee joined the U-Haul Team in 1953. During the years that have followed, he has amassed enough stories to fill a book—maybe two. Here, in his own words, he recounts some...
70 Years of Consumer Confidence
As all of us living in this 21st Century know almost too well, technology is constantly changing, and with it so are the various industries and the people it affects. To...