Tradition has identified the tree as the forked “Ben Milam Cypress,” on the River Walk near Houston and Soledad streets. Milam, a Kentucky native, is memorialized with a statue where he’s ...

Tradition has identified the tree as the forked "Ben Milam Cypress," on the River Walk near Houston and Soledad streets. Milam, a Kentucky native, is memorialized with a statue where he's buried ...

The space endured flood damage, tree theft and neglect ... Instead a marble pedestal inscribed “Who Will Follow Old Ben Milam” was erected on Milam’s grave, then marked by the 1878 ...

Now the tree, one of the most memorable curiosities ... It doesn’t have a name like the nearby Ben Milam Bald Cypress, from which the famed fighter for Texas independence was killed by a sniper.

"Who will go with old Ben Milam into San Antonio?" That was the cry Milam had in late 1835 to inspire an assault during the battle, paving the way for Texas Independence. Milam lost his life on ...