Background
Milam was born on March 8, 1876, in Paris, Tennessee, before immigrating to Florida in 1881, at the age of five.
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Marcus Alexander Milam
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Milam married Omega Wigginton on September 18, 1907. He opened his first dairy farm in Northwest Miami-Dade County in 1909, before organizing the Milam Dairy Farm in 1920. Milam found success as a dairy tycoon and pioneer during the early 20th-century Florida land boom.
In 1929, it was documented that Milam"s dairy ventures led several Dade county youth to successful livelihood paths.
Milam died of a heart attack, on May 6, 1940. His spouse, Omega West. Milam, died on April 21, 1946.
The Dressel Brothers purchased the Milam Dairy in 1941, renaming it Dressel"s Dairy. Milam would become the namesake of Florida State Road 969, which is locally known as Milam Dairy Road.
Additionally, in 1961, an elementary school in Hialeah was built on his grounds that were used as pasture land, and named after him.
The school expanded to become a K-8 institution in 1998.
