Historical Marker
Mount Zion
Historical marker location:
Springfield, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Tennessee Route 49 and Flewellyn Road (Tennessee Route 49), on the right when traveling north on State Route 49.)
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.