Veterans Memorial Flag Pole

Historical marker location:

301 S Wayne St, Fremont, Indiana

( Memorial is on South Wayne Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2016

Cassel Post 257. American Legion.

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.