<P> The company operates 11 museums, most known as a Wells Fargo History Museum, in its corporate buildings in Charlotte, North Carolina, Denver, Colorado, Los Angeles, California, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Phoenix, Arizona, Portland, Oregon, Sacramento, California and San Francisco, California . Displays include original stagecoaches, photographs, gold nuggets and mining artifacts, the Pony Express, telegraph equipment and historic bank artifacts . The company also operates a museum about company history in the Pony Express Terminal in Old Sacramento State Historic Park in Sacramento, California, which was the company's second office, and the Wells Fargo History Museum in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park in San Diego, California . </P> <P> Wells Fargo operates the Alaska Heritage Museum in Anchorage, Alaska, which features a large collection of Alaskan Native artifacts, ivory carvings and baskets, fine art by Alaskan artists, and displays about Wells Fargo history in the Alaskan Gold Rush era . </P> <Ul> <Li> 1852: Henry Wells and William G. Fargo (Mayor of Buffalo, NY from 1862 to 1863 and again from 1864 to 1865), the two founders of American Express, formed Wells Fargo & Company to provide express and banking services to California . </Li> <Li> 1860: Wells Fargo gained control of Butterfield Overland Mail Company, leading to operation of the western portion of the Pony Express . </Li> <Li> 1866: "Grand consolidation" united Wells Fargo, Holladay, and Overland Mail stage lines under the Wells Fargo name . </Li> <Li> 1905: Wells Fargo separated its banking and express operations; Wells Fargo's bank is merged with the Nevada National Bank to form the Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank . </Li> <Li> 1918: As a wartime measure, the U.S. government nationalizes Wells Fargo's express franchise into a federal agency known as the U.S. Railway Express Agency (REA). The government took control of the express company . The bank begins rebuilding but with a focus on commercial markets . After the war, REA is privatized and continues service . </Li> <Li> 1923: Wells Fargo Nevada merged with the Union Trust Company to form the Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Company . </Li> <Li> 1929: Northwest Bancorporation was formed as a banking association . </Li> <Li> 1954: Wells Fargo & Union Trust shortened its name to Wells Fargo Bank . </Li> <Li> 1960: Wells Fargo merged with American Trust Company to form the Wells Fargo Bank American Trust Company . </Li> <Li> 1962: Wells Fargo American Trust again shortened its name to Wells Fargo Bank . </Li> <Li> 1968: Wells Fargo converted to a federal banking charter, becoming Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. </Li> <Li> 1969: Wells Fargo & Company holding company was formed, with Wells Fargo Bank as its main subsidiary . </Li> <Li> 1982: Northwest Bancorporation acquires consumer finance firm Dial Finance which is renamed Norwest Financial Service the following year . </Li> <Li> 1983: Northwest Bancorporation is renamed Norwest Corporation . </Li> <Li> 1983: White Eagle, largest U.S. bank heist to date took place at a Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut . </Li> <Li> 1986: Wells Fargo acquired Crocker National Corporation from Midland Bank . </Li> <Li> 1987: Wells Fargo acquired the personal trust business of Bank of America . </Li> <Li> 1988: Wells Fargo acquired Barclays Bank of California from Barclays plc . </Li> <Li> 1995: Wells Fargo became the first major U.S. financial services firm to offer Internet banking . </Li> <Li> 1996: Wells Fargo acquired First Interstate Bancorp for $11.6 billion . </Li> <Li> 1998: Wells Fargo Bank merged with Norwest Corporation of Minneapolis . </Li> <Li> 2000: Wells Fargo Bank acquired National Bank of Alaska . </Li> <Li> 2000: Wells Fargo acquired First Security Corporation . </Li> <Li> 2001: Wells Fargo acquired H.D. Vest Financial Services for $128 million, but sold it in 2015 for $580 million . </Li> <Li> 2007: Wells Fargo acquired CIT's construction unit . </Li> <Li> 2007: Wells Fargo acquired Placer Sierra Bank . </Li> <Li> 2007: Wells Fargo acquired Greater Bay Bancorp, which had $7.4 billion in assets, in a $1.5 billion transaction . </Li> <Li> 2008: Wells Fargo acquired United Bancorporation of Wyoming . </Li> <Li> 2008: Wells Fargo acquired Century Bancshares of Texas . </Li> <Li> 2008: Wells Fargo acquired Wachovia Corporation . </Li> <Li> 2009: Wells Fargo acquired North Coast Surety Insurance Services . </Li> <Li> 2012: Wells Fargo acquired Merlin Securities . </Li> <Li> 2012: Wells Fargo acquired stake in The Rock Creek Group LP . </Li> <Li> 2016: In an effort to lessen the damage of the $185 million fine imposed against Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) & Co, the bank has now announced that they would not be offering broker bonuses and other programs and products . </Li> <Li> 2017: Retirement of controversial executive vice president of wealth management Jeff Grubb . The Portland, Oregon native has also served as a trustee for M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust of Vancouver, Washington, since 2010 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1852: Henry Wells and William G. Fargo (Mayor of Buffalo, NY from 1862 to 1863 and again from 1864 to 1865), the two founders of American Express, formed Wells Fargo & Company to provide express and banking services to California . </Li>

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