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 HistorySeptember 21, 1867

When the Idaho World boasted of a stagecoach traveling at 6 mph, the Montana Post responded: “the Wells Fargo coach came into Virginia... 451 miles within a small fraction of 8 miles an hour... We may be pardoned for our title of ‘faster.’”
Four horses pulling a mudwagon, a type of stagecoach. Men gather nearby and on top. The stagecoach stands out front of several buildings including one with a sign: Wells Fargo and Co. Overland Mail. Handwritten label: Scene at Virginia City, 1875.

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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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