William Francis Yardley

Historical marker location:

Knoxville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. and Dandridge Ave., on the right when traveling south on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave..)

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.