Historical Marker
Riggs Cross Roads
Historical marker location:
College Grove, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Horton Highway (Alternate U.S. 31) and Flat Creek Road, on the right when traveling south on Horton Highway.)
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.