Natchez Trace

Historical marker location:

102 27th Ave N, Nashville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of 27th Avenue North and West End Avenue (U.S. 70S), on the right when traveling north on 27th Avenue North.)

Marker installed: 1912

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.