Wells Fargo
Multiple locations in Monterey County (800) 869-3557, wellsfargo.com
Here are a few things that happened in the United States in 1852: Franklin Pierce was elected as president. At the Monticello Convention, representatives from the Oregon Territory drafted a petition to become the Columbia Territory (renamed the Washington Territory within the year). Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published. Wells Fargo Bank was founded. Yes, the Wells Fargo name has more name recognition than Pierce’s (we can’t remember what he did, either), and it’s now got more than 7,400 locations, 13,000 ATMs and $1.9 trillion, with a T, in assets. Not mentioned in their annual report: regularly winning Weekly readers’ Best Of vote.