Historical Marker
General Sam Houston
Historical marker location:
329 Court Street, Maryville, Tennessee
( Marker is on Court Street just south of Ellis Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1928
Soldier and Statesman.
The Great Train Robbery of 1866, one of the most famous train robberies in American history, took place in Tennessee. A group of Confederate veterans stole $90,000 from a train traveling from Nashville to Chattanooga.