Historical Marker

Martin Stadium

Historical marker location:
494 East E. H. Crump Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee
( Marker is on East E. H. Crump Boulevard just east of South Danny Thomas Boulevard (Tennessee Highway 1), on the left when traveling east.)

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.