Makenzie Beier
Humanities 6A
Research Project
April 15th, 2016
The Development of Wells Fargo
In the 1800´s
“...Proper respect must be shown to all…”
-Henry Wells, 1888 The Wells Fargo Company was founded during the time of the Gold Rush in 1853. When the company was founded, the main purpose was for the population to store their earnings and gold found in the West such as California. Similar to the 21st century, Wells Fargo embodied resourcefulness because of the trust earned in many’s hearts. Wells Fargo extended the limits so everyone could get the service they wanted and needed, they were very open to ideas such as the Pony Express, and the people who made it all happen, William Fargo and Henry Wells.
Wells Fargo improved greatly through the years after it was established on March 18th, 1852 by Henry Wells and William Fargo. In 1855, three years after Wells Fargo was established, the company translated into all different languages to serve all equally. In 1858,
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He left school at age thirteen to start his training for work. In the winter of 1838 he started to work with Hough and Gilchrist Grocers and worked with them for a year. He later went to work for the Roswell and Willett Hinman and worked with them for three years. In 1841, he became a freight agent and later became vice president and director of the New York Central Railroad Company. Like Henry Wells, he was a very successful businessman, yet managed to have a family to support. Fargo married Anna Hurd Fargo in 1840 whom had eight children, Georgina, Alma, Sarah, William, Hannah, Mary. Helen, and Edwin. In 1862 he became the 27th Mayor of Buffalo, New York and retired in 1866. On August 3rd, 1881, after battling with illness for several months, William Fargo passed away. He was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery with only two of his eight children living. Nine years later, his long loved wife, Anna Hurd had
This bank held government money and controlled the economy by making it easier for local banks to borrow money from it to loan it to manufacturers and factories. As the idea arose the cabinet, Jefferson protested that such a bank was unconstitutional because it favored the north over the south since the bank did not loan money to farmers for land expansions. Being true as it is, the bank drastically boosted our economy and had a great future for our nation. Since it was unconstitutional, a compromise said that the bank would only be funded for 20 years. So as soon as Andrew Jackson was elected, he destroyed the bank. In response to this, our nation suddenly falls into a major depression. No one had jobs and the economy was dying. This showed the brilliance of the national bank and how much it helped our economy. Adding onto this, the bank began the formation of the Federalist and Democratic
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Hi, my name is Ida Bell Wells-Barnett also known as Ida B. Wells. I was born on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. My father, James Wells, worked as a carpenter. My mother, Elizabeth “Izzy Bell” Warrenton, worked as a cook. I was born into slavery, owned by Mr.Bollings who treated us fairly well. I was the oldest daughter out of 9 siblings. My father was involved with the Freedmen's Aid Society and helped start Shaw University, known as Rust College, for the newly freed slaves. I received my early schooling there until age 16. In 1878, both my parents and one of my siblings died in a yellow fever outbreak. I cared for my siblings and got a job as a teacher. In 1882, I attended Fisk University in Nashville. I took college courses
Charles Michael Schwab is a natural-born leader and organizer, destined to be a great businessman. Schwab, having modest beginnings, is born “February 18, 1862” to “the son of a woolen worker and blanket manufacturer.” Ambitious in his work as a metal-laborer, he is noticed by his superiors and “by the age of 19 he was assistant plant manager.” Continuing his upward trend in business, in his mid-thirties he “became president of the Carnegie Steel Company at an annual compensation in excess of $1,000,000.” In time Schwab determines to merge several steel companies into U.S. Steel. During this time that he “earned more than $2,000,000 annually.” U.S. Steel is not the only one to benefit though from Schwab’s expertise. Schwab’s morale
Ida B. Wells was born a slave in 1862. However she was freed with the rest of her family after the emancipation only 6 months after she was born. Her life was very easy during her first years but then a tragedy struck her family which forced her to mature in an unimaginable way. While living in Memphis she had an incident on a train which urged her to fight for equal justice in all races and genders and then a lynching of some of her close friends made her start an anti-lynching campaign that would eventually lead to her becoming a very prominent figure in the fight for equality in the United States.
This reaction paper is about Ida B Wells. Throughout this paper you will learn about this woman and her achievements. How she fought until the very end, and how she used the press to get what she wanted. Wells was born a slave in 1862 in Mississippi, but this did not stop her or slow her down. After slavery Wells and her mother got a chance to go to school that taught them how to read and write. Growing up in the reconstruction period and living in the cruel Jim Crow south she decided to fight back. Not with her fist but with her pen. Wells became a journalist, agitator, and reformer. She fought against lynching, women’s rights, racial injustice, and much more. Through her pen she was able to write history.
Ida B. Wells born in Holly Springs, Mississippi on July 16, 1862 and died March
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Books are great thing don’t you think? Barnes & Nobles is the number one bookstore in the entire country. It started in 1886. Barnes & Nobles is all over the world. It has supported many events. They have become the number one bookstore in the United States. They sell a variety of books and other products. They have grown a lot over the past 132 years. They have a long history of excellence by serving millions of customers with its wide selection of books.
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Rockefeller was born July 8, 1839 in Richford New York, however his family soon moved to Cleveland Ohio, where he would grow up to be the most important American industrialist in the United States. The young Rockefeller was always interested in business. His mother taught him good values while his father taught him how to draw up contracts and other business documents (“Biography”). He was constantly doing odd jobs for his neighbors and mother for money. In 1855 he sent ten weeks at a local commercial college learning the ways of business. Rockefeller got his first job when he was only 16 as a bookkeeper at a local commission merchants and produce shippers company. Gaining experience within the industry, Rockefeller and his colleague started their own business.
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