Historical Marker

Blue Triangle YWCA

Historical marker location:
1700 Pearl St, Nashville, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of 17th Avenue North and Pearl Street, on the right when traveling south on 17th Avenue North.)
Marker installed: 2022

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.