The Willamette Meteorite found Here in 1906 (Oregon City, Oregon)

The Willamette Meteorite:
The Willamette Meteorite is a rare and important scientific specimen that is preserved as part of the collections of the Museum's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. It was found in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and acquired by the Museum in 1906. In structure it is a metallic iron meteorite, weighing over 15.5 tons, the largest meteorite ever found in the United States, and the sixth largest meteorite in the world. Metallic iron meteorites are a relatively rare kind of meteorite. They comprise a class of about 600 out of a total of 25,000 meteorites so far found on the Earth's surface.