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The Willamette Meteorite has been venerated by the Clackamas people since long before it was removed from its location in the Willamette Valley near the modern city of West Linn, Oregon. [citation needed] In 1902, Ellis Hughes [15] was the first European settler to recognize the meteorite's significance.
Willamette: 1902: Oregon, ... Meteorite name Found year Region/Country Coordinates Group Classification TKW Fall observed Image 1: Seymchan: 1967: Magadan Oblast, Russia
The Willamette Meteorite is culturally significant to Clackamas people. The meteorite is called Tomanowos, which translates to "the visitor of heaven". The meteorite was believed to be given from the Sky People and is the unity between sky, earth, and water. Other tribes around the area thought that the meteorite possessed magical powers. [3]
It is also believed that the Willamette Meteorite was rafted by flood and ice to the location near West Linn where it was discovered and venerated by the Clackamas people up until its discovery by settlers in 1902, prompting a lawsuit regarding its ownership that reached the Oregon Supreme Court in July of 1903. [6]
University of Oregon Brown and Black Asteroid is an outdoor sculpture and replica of the Willamette Meteorite by an unknown artist, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] installed outside the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Eugene, Oregon , in the United States.
High water floods a pathway in Minto Brown Island Park on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. High water from rain caused the level of the Willamette River to reach near action levels and caused trails ...
Location: 2870 Willamette Street, ... Seoul K-Food registered as an active business through the Oregon.gov Open Data Portal on April 4, 2024. The business is represented by P & C Korea, LLC ...
Willamette meteorite – the largest meteorite discovered in North America, found in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Winonaite – a type of primitive achondrite meteorite. Weston meteorite – a meteorite which fell to earth above the town of Weston, Connecticut on December 14, 1807.