Historical Marker
Lester Flatt
Historical marker location:
Sparta, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of W. Bockman Way (U.S. 70) and Baker Street, on the left when traveling east on W. Bockman Way.)
June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979.
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.