Historical Marker

403-405 Main Street

Historical marker location:
403 Main Street, Franklin, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street and 4th Avenue Soutg, on the right when traveling north on West Main Street.)

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.