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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 HistoryAugust 18, 1881

Wells Fargo president Lloyd Tevis told an American Bankers Association meeting at Niagara Falls, New York, how far his company extended business across the Pacific Ocean. This 1883 ad named Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Hong Kong, and Hawaii.

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Printed advertisement reads Pacific Ocean Routes for Wells Fargo & Co's Express and lists destinations of Sitka, Wrangel and Harrisburg Alaska, and the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, Honolulu. Shipments taken at owners risk and charges prepaid for additional locations listed as Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Hiogo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Rates Reasonable and service reliable.

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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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