https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/this_date Daily: This Date in History news feed. en-US Copyright 2009, Wells Fargo. All rights reserved. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 history 360 https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/this_date November 7, 1914. War engulfed Europe, and the wary United States commissioned a mighty dreadnought, the battleship Texas. The Young Men's Business League of Waco -- at 1,800 members, the largest commercial organization in the South -- knew that the naval officers needed a fine silver service. Members quickly subscribed $10,000, and the governor of the Lone Star State agreed that Wells Fargo should deliver it -- and by special train. Waco Wells Fargo agent R.E.L. Montgomery and 75 members of the League accompanied the gleaming silver to Galveston's pier 22 -- but only Montgomery boarded the battleship's waiting launch to deliver the 3 crates on deck, 3 miles off shore. Today, the U.S.S. Texas, still berthed at Galveston, welcomes visitors to see the silver delivered by Wells Fargo.

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