• 000 at the 2020 census. Wayman F. and Mary Emily Wells settled in the Wells Branch area circa 1827. Wells is recorded by the Austin History Center to have...
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    laid claim to Maine. On July 5, 1653, Wells was incorporated, the third town in Maine to do so, and named after Wells, England, a small cathedral city in...
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  • The Wymondham to Wells Branch was a railway built in stages by the Norfolk Railway, Eastern Counties Railway and Wells and Fakenham Company between 1847...
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    Barclays plc. In 1991, Wells Fargo spent $491 million to acquire 130 branches in California from Great American Bank. In 1996, Wells Fargo acquired First...
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    Wells is a small city in Elko County, in northeast Nevada in the western United States. The population was 1,292 at the 2010 census. Wells is located at...
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    Flowing Wells Junior High School is located in Flowing Wells. Pima County Public Library operates the Flowing Wells Branch Library. The Flowing Wells Irrigation...
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    Vermont native Henry Wells and New Yorker William G. Fargo watched the California economy boom with keen interest. Before either Wells or Fargo could pursue...
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    The Wells Fargo cross-selling scandal was caused by creation of millions of fraudulent savings and checking accounts on behalf of Wells Fargo clients...
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    clootie wells in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man, the pieces of cloth are generally dipped in the water of the holy well and then tied to a branch while...
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    continued notwithstanding the construction of a short branch line to Wells Harbour in 1860. In 1862, the Wells & Fakenham Railway became part of the Great Eastern...
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    Tunbridge Wells train station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent. It is 34 miles 32 chains (55.4 km)...
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    area of just 3.244 km2 (1.253 sq mi), Wells has had city status since medieval times, because of the presence of Wells Cathedral. Often described as England's...
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    The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of Wells-next-the-Sea...
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    the administrative centre of Tunbridge Wells Borough and in the parliamentary constituency of Tunbridge Wells. Evidence suggests that Iron Age people...
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    of the day from Burnham-on-Sea to Wells, and the first train of the day in the reverse direction also ran from Wells to Burnham-on-Sea. In addition there...
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    1985 biography of Welles, Orson Welles's father was Richard Head Welles (born Wells), son of Richard Jones Wells, son of Henry Hill Wells (who had an uncle...
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    Bell Wells was born on the Boling Farm near Holly Springs, Mississippi. Born on July 16, 1862, Ida Wells was the first child of James Madison Wells (1840–1878)...
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    museum featuring artifacts, and memorabilia from Wells Fargo history, and the Downtown Denver branch of Wells Fargo Bank. Both buildings have large atria constructed...
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    and Lake Superior Railroad. It was named for Ralph Wells, who was the son of lumberman J. W. Wells from Menominee. A post office opened on January 17...
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    the Year Award, and numerous others. A branch of the Wells Fargo History Museum is located at the center. Wells Fargo Tower (Tower I), at 220 m (720 ft)...
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    The Branch Davidians (or the General Association of Branch Davidian Seventh-day Adventists) are a Christian cult founded in 1955 by Benjamin Roden. They...
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    in 1966 under the Beeching axe. It was the junction for the short branch line to Wells which closed in 1951. Opened in 1854 as Glastonbury, and renamed...
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  • history of Wells Fargo & Company from its merger with Norwest Corporation and beyond. The new company chose to retain the name of "Wells Fargo" and so...
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    The city is named for mineral wells in the area, which were highly popular in the early 1900s. In 1919, Mineral Wells hosted the spring training camp...
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    Commission's Long Branch Loop, which serves as the western terminus of the 507 Long Branch (previously 501 Queen) streetcar route as well as TTC and MiWay...
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    also served in the War of 1812. Wells was born at Jacob's Creek, Pennsylvania, in about 1770. He was the son of Samuel Wells, a captain in the Virginia militia...
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    second term defeating Democratic lawyer Destiny Wells. Todd Rokita, incumbent attorney general Destiny Wells, lawyer, former assistant attorney general, and...
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  • Hotel Paper (category Albums produced by Greg Wells)
    producers such as Josh Abraham, Rick DePofi, John Leventhal, John Shanks & Greg Wells. Hotel Paper was supported by three singles: "Are You Happy Now?", "Breathe"...
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    from Norman Wells to Zama City in 1985 connected to the North American pipeline grid and resulted in increased activity. The Norman Wells Metis, a Métis...
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    springs at Nine Wells, a Local Nature Reserve (52°09′58″N 0°08′06″E / 52.166°N 0.1349°E / 52.166; 0.1349 (Hobson Conduit (spring at Nine Wells))), near the...
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