Experience history in the making

Innovation. It’s in our blood. It’s the enduring thread that runs through our history and continues to move us forward. As long as there are customers to be helped, we’ll keep at it. And keep sharing our stories here. Welcome.

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This Day in Wells Fargo HistoryAugust 25, 1852

Just six weeks after opening its first West Coast offices in San Francisco and Sacramento, Wells Fargo expanded into mining towns in Placer County, California, by adding agents at Ophir, Auburn, and Yankee Jim's.

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A poster whose headline reads Placer County Branch of Wells Fargo & Co's Express! Small print below includes description of company services, office locations, and agents. Poster shows black ink on antique brown paper.

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Story

Equal parts innovation and endurance, we have a long history of helping customers do new and amazing things. You might say getting things done is our specialty.

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Our collection of artifacts and images document a great deal of America’s history and serve as valuable research material to historians and communities.

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A partnership born to solve challenges

Throughout their lives, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo, the founders of Wells, Fargo & Co., were known for their innovation and dedication to customers.

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