Historical Marker
Cockrill Bend
Historical marker location:
100 Bomar Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Centennial Boulevard and Bomar Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Centennial Boulevard.)
Marker installed: 2019
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.