"Brenham is a pallasite meteorite found near Haviland, a small town in Kiowa County, Kansas, United States. Pallasites are a type of stony–iron meteorite that when cut and polished show yellowish olivine (peridot) crystals. The Brenham meteorite is associated with the Haviland Crater.

"In 1949, a collector named H.O. Stockwell discovered a mass of 453.6 kilograms (1,000 lb), known at the time as "The World's Largest Pallasite Meteorite."

"In October 2005, geologist Philip Mani and meteorite hunter Steve Arnold located[where?] and recovered the largest fragment ever found of Brenham: a single pallasite mass of 650 kilograms (1,430 lb)." (Wikipedia)

"Thousands of years ago, a meteor scattered several tons of meteorite fragments in the vicinity of Brenham, Kansas. The iron bearing fragments were found by Native Americans and pieces have been found as far away as Hopewell Indian mounds in Ohio, the Kansas Travel says.

"The iron in the meteorite was used to make ornaments and implements. Fragments were found by settlers in the 1880s and it was several years before it was discovered that they were from a meteor. But the Brenham Meteorite still didn't become famous until the 1920s when H.H. (Harvey Harlow) Nininger from McPherson College found a Haviland crater associated with this meteorite. 

"The Kansas Meteorite Museum [now CLOSED] is located within the region where the Brenham Meteorite is found, midway between Haviland and Greensburg, Kansas. The museum includes a gift shop where a number of items are available, but the coolest items for sale are fragments of the Brenham Meteorite. They range from tiny fragments sold at 4/dollar, up to larger polished fragments that could be made into jewelry."

"The World's Largest Pallasite Meteorite is a bonus attraction located in the gift shop of the World's Largest Hand-Dug Well. What's better than TWO World's Largest in the Same Place!?! This one is an example of a naturally occuring World's Largest Thing, as opposed to the well, which is a formerly functioning World's Largest. The best thing about the meteorite is a no-longer published postcard of the farmer who found it, standing proudly beside the chained-up meteorite, akin to a champion fish shot...

"n 1949, H.O. Stockwell, with the aid of a modern metal detector and equipment rigged at the Peck farm, uncovered the largest pallasite found to date,The Space Wanderer, weighing 1000 pounds. A number of local persons expressed the desire to keep the meteorite in the vicinity and, through the urging of a member of the Greensburg Chamber of Commerce, the organization made an offer of a reasonable price for the stone," the World's Largest Things say.

"The pallasite was placed in the Greensburg Big Well Museum in 1949, where it has been on display and is seen by many thousands of tourists each year. There is a specimen weighing 740 pounds from this same shower at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C."

"The Big Well is a large historic water well in Greensburg, Kansas, United States. Visitors entered the well for a small fee, descending an illuminated stairway to the bottom of the well," the Wikipedia says.

"The visitor's center also displayed a Brenham half-ton (1,000 lb, 450 kg) pallasite meteorite recovered from the area. The meteorite was billed as the world's largest single-piece pallasite,[10] but that title is held by other samples. It was reported that the Big Well visitor center was destroyed, and the meteorite was missing on May 7, after an EF5 tornado destroyed the town.

"The meteorite, which was insured for $1 million, was later located underneath a collapsed wall and was displayed temporarily at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays, Kansas. It has returned to the reconstructed museum site."

"Now known as the Brenham Meteorite, this 1,000-pound specimen of outer space origin is housed at the Big Well Museum and Visitors Center in Greensburg, also in Kiowa County and not far from the discovery site near Brenham," the Topeka Capital-Journal says.

"The history about the discovery of the Brehnam Meteorite and many other smaller meteorites found in the same area is well-documented in a book, "Space Rocks and Buffalo Grass," written by longtime Kiowa County resident by Ellis L. Peck in 1979.

"Native Americans tribes had various reactions to these black rocks from the sky. Some thought they sacred symbols, while others believed they were objects related to forces of evil. It wasn’t until March 13, 1890, that some answers came to light about these mysterious rocks from outer space."

"Ten years after The Big Well opened to the public, the World's Largest Pallasite Meteorite -- discovered by a local farmer with a giant home-built metal detector -- was added to the Well's above-ground gift shop as a bonus attraction," the Roadside America reports.

"On the ground floor, displays recount the history of The Big Well and the giant twister. Vintage Big Well souvenirs -- obviously elsewhere when the storm hit -- are exhibited along with significant debris such as the town's wrecked tornado siren and a clock stopped at the moment that Greensburg was destroyed.

"The poor meteorite, a star in any other small town, has fallen to a distant third place in the reasons-to-visit-Greensburg museum's hierarchy."

"Two of the world's largest things under one roof: the world's largest hand-dug well and the World's Largest Pallasite Meteorite.

"Completed in 1886 as the town's original water supply, The Big Well is 109 ft. deep and 32 ft. in diameter. Visitors can go down in the well and view exhibits about the history of Greensburg, the 2007 tornado, and the sustainability of Greensburg as is it to date," the Kansas Tourism says.

"The Big Well viewing canopy, and the building that housed the Big Well gift shop/museum were severely damaged by the Greensburg tornado. A new much larger and more interesting museum building which houses the Big Well was opened in 2012.

"The museum surrounding the well tells the story of the Greensburg tornado and Greensburg's amazing rebirth as a vital growing "green" community," the Kansas Travel says.

"The World's Largest Pallasite Meteorite is a bonus attraction. The meteorite was the largest pallasite meteorite that had ever been found when it was discovered near Greensburg in 1949, and weighs over 1,000 pounds."

"We were pleasantly surprised. The big well was very interesting but that was only part of the stop. We saw the big meteorite that was there too. Staff was great to talk to and very informative."

"Museum also details the tornado that struck Greensburg as well as a large meteor that struck the area. Interesting and unique. The world’s deepest hand dug well!"

"This was much better than I had expected. Very well put together to describe the well and the tornado that devastated the town."

"The actual museum has a lot to read about the meteorite and well and the tornado in 2007. You can walk up and down the stairs to go down into the well and up to a observation deck."

"You can get a good feel for the museum in an hour or so but there is enough interesting material for someone to spend more time. The museum also has a robust gift shop."

"I highly recommend stopping, the museum has soon very cool exhibits and few bikes to ride. Very fun!"

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