Ben Milam  |
| Address | County | utm_east |
| Courthouse lawn | Milam |
693477 |
| utm_zone | utm_north |
| Cameron |
14 |
3414560 |
| Latitude | Longitude | ||
| N 30.84988° | W -96.97654° |
| Location | Repair Condition |
| S. Central Ave. and E. Main St. |
| Marker Text |
| Benjamin Rush Milam, born in Kentucky 1788. Soldier in the War of 1812. |
| Trader with the Texas Comanche Indians, 1818. Colonel in the Long Expedition |
| in 1820. Empresario from 1826 to 1835. Benjamin Rush Milam participated in |
| the capture of Goliad, October 9, 1835; was killed in San Antonio December 7, |
| 1835 while commanding the Texas forces which later captured the town. |
| Who will follow Old Ben Milam into San Antonio? Erected by the State of |
| Texas 1936 with funds appropriated by the Federal government to |
| commemorate one hundred years of Texas Independence. |
