Historical Marker
Lee College
Historical marker location:
1266 N Ocoee St., Cleveland, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of North Ocoee Street (Tennessee Route 74) and Centenary Avenue NW, on the right when traveling north on North Ocoee Street.)
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.