Historical Marker
Bristol Sessions
Historical marker location:
434 State Street, Bristol, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of State Street (Tennessee Route 34) and Edgemont Avenue on State Street.)
July 25 through August 5, 1927.
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.