Purdy

Historical marker location:

5206 Hwy 15, Selmer, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 64 and Airport Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 64.)

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.