* Astronomy

Local amateur historian Janet Morrison learned about it by accident. She was researching another topic, reading letters to the editor published in the Concord Times since 1907 when she saw mention of a meteorite that fell Oct. 31, 1849...
The meteorite struck Hiram Bost's property in Midland. Janet said Bost recalled hearing a noise like an anvil flying through the air. The next morning he found the 19-pound meteorite lodged in the ground where it had landed after hitting and passing through a pine tree.
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