Historical Marker
George Gibbs Dibrell
Historical marker location:
330 Gaines Street, Sparta, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Gaines Street and South Harris Street, on the right when traveling west on Gaines Street.)
April 12, 1822 - May 9, 1888.
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.