Milam County Historical Commission
Milam County, Texas
Milam County, Texas
Ben Milam
Courthouse lawn
Cameron, TX 76520
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.
Erected 1936
.
Read the Jeanne Williams/Temple Daily Telegram
story about cleaning the Ben Milam statue.
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 1836
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
Benjamin Rush Milam Participated in the
Capture of Goliad, October Ninth, 1836
Was killed in San Antonio December
Seventh 1835 while commanding the Texas
forces which later captured the town
.