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U-Haul Chicago Artist Lofts

U-Haul Chicago Artist Lofts

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 &...

U-Haul Pioneer Ray Smith

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

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

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...

Hurricane Katrina: 10 Years Later

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...

Meet the Team: Shannon Papa

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

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

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

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

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...