Historical Marker
Original Courthouse Step
Historical marker location:
1 N Public Square, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
( Marker is on North Public Square just west of South Church Street, on the left when traveling west.)
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.