Historical Marker
Uncle Dave Macon
Historical marker location:
120 South Gay Street, Knoxville, Tennessee
( Marker is on South Gay Street north of West Vine Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)
Sterchi Brothers Furniture. Cradle of Country Music Tour.
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.