Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo Bank

Henry Wellsborn December 12, 1805

New York

“rapid conveyance”

express delivery

William Fargoborn May 20, 1818

American Express(a company established in 1850)

express money

Wells Fargo Companyestablished 1852

miner

miners

mining town

purchase gold

BANK

ship gold to New York

stagecoach service

Wells Fargo office in San Francisco

Wells Fargo advertisement

Friends and family are far away

Mining camps in California

Miners move around a lot.

mail letters

safe

Wells Fargo bank

Wells Fargo banks

robbery

reward ($)