Historical Marker
A Gateway to Freedom
Historical marker location:
New Albany, Indiana
( Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.)
Marker installed: 2004
The notorious bank robber John Dillinger was born in Indiana in 1903. He gained national notoriety during the Great Depression for a string of daring bank robberies and was eventually shot and killed by law enforcement in 1934.