Near Mountain View in Kiowa County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Millie Durgan

White Captive

— Kiowa Name: Sain-to-hoodle —

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1. Millie Durgan Marker

Inscription. Captured at age eighteen months in the Elm Creek Raid, No. Texas, Fall, 1864. Adopted by the Kiowa tribe and married a Kiowa named Goombi. True identity not known until three years before her death in 1934. Buried in the Old Rainy Mt. Cemetery southwest of Mountain View, Oklahoma.

Erected by Oklahoma Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, US Indian • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1864.

Location. 35° 5.661′ N, 98° 43.766′ W. Marker is near Mountain View, Oklahoma, in Kiowa County. It is on State Highway 9/115 0.2 miles west of State Highway 115, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mountain View OK 73062, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Oklahoma’s Kiowa Tribe,

in the Comanche Nation,

and in Southwest Oklahoma.

It is also in the American South,

specifically on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comanchería,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: J.B. Tolbert, M.D. (approx. 1½ miles away); Old Mountain View Townsite (approx. 1.9 miles away); Lake Valley Pirates (approx. 9.3 miles away); Site of First Washita County Courthouse (approx. 12.7 miles away); Tacola/Cloud Chief School (approx. 12.7 miles away).

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Photographed by Gary Estep, December 25, 2025

2. Millie Durgan Marker

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, August 12, 2023

3. Millie Durgan Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2022, by Wesley Sloan of Mountain View, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 786 times since then and 65 times this year. Last updated on November 16, 2022, by Wesley Sloan of Mountain View, Oklahoma. Photos: 1. submitted on November 7, 2022, by Wesley Sloan of Mountain View, Oklahoma. 2. submitted on December 25, 2025, by Gary Estep of Anna, Texas. 3. submitted on February 5, 2025, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.