Ben Milam Cypress LbNA #68081
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle    |
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| Plant date: | Jan 28, 2015 |
| Location: | Alamo Masonic Cemetery |
| City: | San Antonio |
| County: | Bexar |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Mosaic Butterfly |
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| Last found: | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Status: | FFaF |
| Last edited: | Jan 28, 2015 |
*** Part of my Famous Trees Of TX Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 20 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: brown, black & green
Status: alive
Texans are fortunate to have such a rich and colorful historic heritage and trees which serve as witnesses to some of these historic events. Texas has also been blessed with trees famous for being the largest of their kind in America. "Famous Trees Of Texas" is a book written in 1970 by the Texas Forest Service that describes these trees, and this series will take you to some of them.
According to legend, a Mexican sniper under the command of General Martin Prefecto de Cos shot Benjamin R. Milam from this towering baldcypress tree on the night of December 7, 1835. For several months General Edward Burleson's Texan volunteers had been trying to dislodge the Mexicans from San Antonio, and since the men were deserting at an alarming rate, Milam rose to the occasion and called for volunteers to follow him and take the town. During the difficult house-to-house fighting, Milam entered the backyard between the Veramendi Palace and the river to confer with Francis W. Johnson. As he crossed the high-walled courtyard, he was hit in the head by a rifleball and killed instantly. But thanks to his bravery and those that followed "Old Ben Milam", the Texans were successful and the tree became known as the Ben Milam Cypress. You can see it today along the San Antonio Riverwalk and find this box in the nearby Alamo Masonic Cemetery.
Directions:
From I37 go west on E Commerce Street about 1 mile to Soledad Street and look for the Ben Milam Cypress on the Riverwalk behind Drury Inn by Commerce Bridge. For the letterbox, drive north on Soledad Street to E. Houston Street and turn right. Go about 1.5 mile to N. Pine Street, turn right and go 0.2 mile to Paso Hondo Street. Turn left then right into Alamo Masonic Cemetery, go about 50 yards and park.
Clues:
Walk right 20 steps to Hoefle grave and look around right back side. LB is within bush against tombstone under a rock.
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 20 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: brown, black & green
Status: alive
Texans are fortunate to have such a rich and colorful historic heritage and trees which serve as witnesses to some of these historic events. Texas has also been blessed with trees famous for being the largest of their kind in America. "Famous Trees Of Texas" is a book written in 1970 by the Texas Forest Service that describes these trees, and this series will take you to some of them.
According to legend, a Mexican sniper under the command of General Martin Prefecto de Cos shot Benjamin R. Milam from this towering baldcypress tree on the night of December 7, 1835. For several months General Edward Burleson's Texan volunteers had been trying to dislodge the Mexicans from San Antonio, and since the men were deserting at an alarming rate, Milam rose to the occasion and called for volunteers to follow him and take the town. During the difficult house-to-house fighting, Milam entered the backyard between the Veramendi Palace and the river to confer with Francis W. Johnson. As he crossed the high-walled courtyard, he was hit in the head by a rifleball and killed instantly. But thanks to his bravery and those that followed "Old Ben Milam", the Texans were successful and the tree became known as the Ben Milam Cypress. You can see it today along the San Antonio Riverwalk and find this box in the nearby Alamo Masonic Cemetery.
Directions:
From I37 go west on E Commerce Street about 1 mile to Soledad Street and look for the Ben Milam Cypress on the Riverwalk behind Drury Inn by Commerce Bridge. For the letterbox, drive north on Soledad Street to E. Houston Street and turn right. Go about 1.5 mile to N. Pine Street, turn right and go 0.2 mile to Paso Hondo Street. Turn left then right into Alamo Masonic Cemetery, go about 50 yards and park.
Clues:
Walk right 20 steps to Hoefle grave and look around right back side. LB is within bush against tombstone under a rock.