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The Gold Country (also known as Mother Lode Country) is a historic region in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, that is primarily on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines that attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers , during the 1849 California gold rush .
Map of Wells Fargo branches in August 2015 Wells Fargo branch in Berkeley, California A former Wachovia branch converted to Wells Fargo in the fall of 2011 in Durham, North Carolina American Express Co. early receipts (1853, 1869) Stagecoach with Christmas gifts at a Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco Wells Fargo & Co. Express building circa 1860, Stockton, California Mud wagon — Wells Fargo U ...
The courier industry has long held an important place in United States commerce and has been involved in pivotal moments in the nation's history such as westward migration and the gold rush. Wells Fargo was founded in 1852 and rapidly became the preeminent package delivery company. The company specialised in shipping gold, packages and ...
Wells Fargo & Company was an American banking company based in San Francisco, California, that was acquired by Norwest Corporation in 1998. During the California Gold Rush in early 1848 at Sutter's Mill near Coloma, California, financiers and entrepreneurs from all over North America and the world flocked to California, drawn by the promise of huge profits.
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Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1884–1890) History of California, vols. 18–24, The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, complete text online; Brands, H.W. (2003). The age of gold: the California Gold Rush and the new American dream. New York City: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-72088-2. Hill, Mary (1999). Gold: the California story.
Elmer Ray Jones, who had been with Wells Fargo since 1893, purchased Wells Fargo & Company's Express in Mexico and Wells Fargo in Cuba in 1919 for $640,000. He headed a group of men from Wells Fargo and American Express in 1924 to buy Wells Fargo & Company in the United States from the E.H. Harriman estate, making arrangements with the ...
Also, the small California Gold coins and tokens have been made in many locations other than California, often with a claim of being from California on the piece and these items are generally labeled as California Gold Coins or Tokens. Coin-like ingots were produced from 1849 until 1856 in denominations of $1, $5, $10, $20, $25, and $50.