Historical Marker
William Herbert Brewster, Sr.
Historical marker location:
903 Looney Ave, Memphis, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Looney Avenue and Ayers Street, on the right when traveling east on Looney Avenue.)
1897-1987.
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.