Historical Marker

320 Main Street

Historical marker location:
320 Main St, Franklin, Tennessee
( Marker is on Main Street (Tennessee Route 96) west of Public Square, on the left when traveling south.)

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.