A 100 pound meteor that fell at Melville in 1882 had been added to the collection of odd stones and rocks at the Rainbow Gardens Tourist Camp.
The stone was presented to R. Hayashi by Samual Fawcett of Melville. Mr. Fawcett was one of Melville's first pioneers. Late one evening in the spring 50 years ago, while he stood outside his homestead shack he saw what he supposed was a shooting star. It came nearer and kept getting brighter, and finally it struck the earth a short distance from his house.
In the morning he went to investigate. He found a rock that weighed about 100 pounds, with its bulk embedded in the prairie. He tried to move it and found it was still too hot to handle. A few days later he got help and dug it up, moving it to his home where it remained until he moved into Melville, then he brought the rock along and placed it in his yard:
The rock, ‑ Mr. Fawcett believes, is a‑ real museum piece. He visited the Rainbow Gardens in Carrington a few days ago for the first time and was so pleased by the beauty of the place that he gave the rock to the owner.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 365