St. Rose Chapel

Historical marker location:

205 Church St, Vincennes, Indiana

( Marker can be reached from South 2nd Street just south of Church Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1983

Built in 1847.

The first recorded train robbery in the United States took place in Indiana in 1866. A gang of thieves robbed the Jeffersonville, Madison, and Indianapolis Railroad, making off with over $96,000 in cash and gold.