Wells Fargo, multinational financial services company with headquarters in San Francisco, California. The founders of the original company were Henry Wells (1805–78) and William George Fargo (1818–81), who had earlier helped establish the American Express Company. They and other investors
Recovery of material lost in the 1875 wreck of the SS "Pacific," which carried considerable gold, is developing as cooperative efforts are planned to identify where to best focus reclaimation attempts.