The Brazos Indian Reservation School served Indian children living on the Brazos Reservation, a 37,000-acre refuge created by the state in 1854. More than 1,000 Anadarko, Caddo, Delaware, Ioni, Shawnee, Tawakoni, and Tonkawa people lived there, farming and serving as U.S. Army scouts. Although racial strife existed outside the reservation, teacher Z.E. Coombes (1833-95) reported unusual good will and harmony in the classroom. Students studied English, spelling, writing, and arithmetic, and enrollment ranged from 34 to 60. The school closed when the Indians were moved north in 1859.