Forge Seat

Historical marker location:

Brentwood, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Wilson Pike (Tennessee Route 252) and Crocket Road, on the right when traveling north on Wilson Pike.)

Marker installed: 1993

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.