Wells Fargo

Book

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Wells Fargo

Entry/Object ID

L1970.1.21

Secondary Title

An Ilustrated History

Description

Wells Fargo is a survey history of the Wells Fargo Company from its formation in 1852 in the goldfields of California. Books contains a number of graphics and an extensive index and endnotes. Chapters are divided by years and the 1860 Chapter is "The Pony Express." Wells Fargo and Butterfield had interlocking directorates and Butterfield operated the western part of the Pony Express at the end of the venture. Last chapter is 1907 - 1918 "End of Express Service." Company continued as a bank. 345/Hardbound/Illustrated/Photographs

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Transportation, Pony express

Search Terms

Mail Delivery, Freighting, Stagecoaching in the West, Wells Fargo Company, Pony Express, Banking - Wells Fargo, Stagecoach

Book Details

Author

Loomis, Noel M.

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1968

Call No.

PonyExpress LO

LCCN

68-17309

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wells, Henry

Person or Organization

William Fargo