Floyd "Pop" Dreyer

Historical marker location:

4152 W Washington St, Indianapolis, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of West Washington Street (U.S. 40) and South Lyons Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Washington Street.)

Marker installed: 2018

November 30, 1898 February 25, 1989.

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.