Details for Milam

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5403011044

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Marker Number 11044
Atlas Number 5403011044
Marker Title Milam
Index Entry Milam
Address SH 21
City Milam
County Sabine
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 419477
UTM Northing 3477874
Subject Codes cities and towns
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location El Camino Park, SH 21 west of SH 87
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Texas Centennial historical marker (gray granite)
Marker Text Founded in 1828 as Red Mound Named in 1835 for Benjamin Rush Milam. Seat of justice of Sabine Municipality, 1835; of Sabine County, 1837-58. Incorporated December 29, 1837. Internal Revenue post during the Republic Headquarters of the Quartermaster's Department, C. S. A. for Sabine County, 1861-65. First home in Texas of John S. Roberts a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Home of John C. Hale, martyr of San Jacinto. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

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