Historical Marker
Albion Fellows Bacon
Historical marker location:
118 Vine Street, Evansville, Indiana
( Marker is on Vine Street west of NW 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2000
1865-1933.
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.