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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 HistoryJuly 26, 1875

The “one man” described in this reward poster was notorious stagecoach robber Black Bart. The crime was his first, with 28 more to follow over eight years. Wells Fargo offered rewards and dispatched special officers in relentless pursuit of criminals.

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Poster reads in large black bold type Reward Wells Fargo & Co's Express box on Sonora to Milton stage route was robbed this morning near Reynold's ferry by one man, masked and armed with a sixteen shooter and double barreled shotgun. We will pay $250 for arrest and conviction of the robber. Signed John J. Valentine, General Superintendent, dated San Francisco, July 26, 1875. Black ink on yellowed antique paper, landscape orientation.

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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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