Downtown in San Antonio in Bexar County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Benjamin Rush Milam

Photographed by James Hulse, August 10, 2021

1. Front Panel - Benjamin Rush Milam Memorial and Statue

Inscription.
Right Panel
Preeminent Hero of Texas
A man of rare initiative
and courage • Of a modest
and winning personality
A devoted friend • Born in
Frankfort Kentucky in 1788
Soldier in the War of 1812
Back Panel
Trader with the Texas
Comanche Indians in 1818
Was a Colonel in the Long
Trespalacios Expedition in
1820 • Texas Colonizer 1826
to 1835 • First navigator of
the upper Red River in 1831
Left Panel
Assisted in the capture of
Goliad October Ninth 1835
Planned the attack on San
Antonio and was killed on
December Seventh 1835 while
commanding the Texas Forces
which later captured the town

Erected 1936 by State of Texas with funds appropriated by the Federal Government to commemorate one hundred years of Texas Independence. (Marker Number 3370.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, Texas Independence. In addition, it is included in the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series list.

Location. 29° 25.567′ N, 98° 29.982′ W. Memorial is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of West Commerce Street and North San Saba, on the right when traveling west on West Commerce Street. The marker and statue are located in the western section of the Milam Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 500 West Commerce Street, San Antonio TX 78207, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South Texas.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Colonel Henry Wax Karnes (a few steps from this marker); Emma Tenayuca (within shouting distance of this marker); Market Square (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); O. Henry House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Casa Navarro (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Golden Age of Entertainment Along the Creek (approx. 0.2 miles away); The New Blossoming of San Pedro Creek (approx. 0.2 miles away); Houston Street (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Antonio.

Also see . . . Milam, Benjamin Rush (1788–1835). Texas State Historical Association

Ben Milam, soldier, colonizer, and entrepreneur, was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, on October 20, 1788, the fifth of the six children of Moses and Elizabeth Pattie (Boyd) Milam. He had little or no formal schooling. He enlisted in the Kentucky militia and fought for several months in the War of 1812. When his period of enlistment was completed he returned to Frankfort. In 1818 he was in Texas trading with the Comanche Indians on the Colorado River when he met David G. Burnet. The two became
Photographed by James Hulse, August 10, 2021

2. Right Panel - Benjamin Rush Milam
friends. In New Orleans in 1819 Milam met José Félix Trespalacios and James Long, who were planning an expedition to help the revolutionaries in Mexico and Texas gain independence from Spain. Milam joined Trespalacios and was commissioned a colonel.

(Submitted on December 28, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Back Panel - Benjamin Rush Milam image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, August 10, 2021

3. Back Panel - Benjamin Rush Milam

Left Panel - Benjamin Rush Milam image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, August 10, 2021

4. Left Panel - Benjamin Rush Milam

The Benjamin Rush Milam Gravestone on the ground in front of the Memorial and Statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, August 10, 2021

5. The Benjamin Rush Milam Gravestone on the ground in front of the Memorial and Statue

The Right Side of the Benjamin Rush Milam Memorial and Statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, August 10, 2021

6. The Right Side of the Benjamin Rush Milam Memorial and Statue

Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 28, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 737 times since then and 69 times this year. Last updated on September 20, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 28, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.