In 1825 the federal government began moving Eastern Indians to new lands west of the Mississippi. This site stands on a 2,500 square mile tract assigned to the Shawnees. Methodist, Baptist, and Quaker missionaries came with the tribe. One mile east and a little north, the Quakers erected buildings in 1836 and opened a school the following year. Indian students who lived at the mission received elementary schooling, religious instruction, and training in agriculture and domestic arts. The highest recorded enrollment was 76. In later years, Indian orphans attended the school. The mission operated almost continuously until 1869, and the main building was torn down in 1917.