Sam Houston Statue

Historical marker location:

Maryville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of West Broadway Avenue (Tennessee Route 411) and West Lamar Alexander Parkway (Tennessee Route 321), on the right when traveling east on West Broadway Avenue.)

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.