Wells Fargo - Moody

By Ralph Moody; 185 pages, paperback, 1961. 
 
Henry Wells (1805-78) and William Fargo (1818-81) first worked together when they broke the Post Office monopoly on mail service along the Erie Canal in the 1840s. In 1852 they incorporated Wells, Fargo & Company and went into the express business in California, carrying gold, letters, packages and freight between the mining regions and the financial centers of the East.
 
Acclaimed Western writer Ralph Moody tells the exciting story of Henry Wells and his drivers, messengers and riders; his accountants, managers, and detectives; and how they built a lasting empire in a business most entrepreneurs thought too risky to try. This is an action-packed account that readers young and old will enjoy.