Al Mitterling

Through out the history of time there are rare individuals who step forward to address something that no one else has wanted to, or has

In the 1920’s Harvey Nininger was a professor at McPherson College teaching biology but he also taught a course in geology. In the middle of

After the November 9th, 1923 fireball event that inspired Nininger, he set out learning as much as could be learned on the subject. He found

In the fall of 1929 Nininger began planning a trip to Mexico where he hoped to trade for meteorites that were in some institutions he

Two nights before the Nininger party reached Mexico City while trying to set up camp, several unfriendly characters approached them. They managed to catch their

After hiring transportation to the village of Xiquipilco a dangerous trip over a very bad road took place for some three hours and a total

On a now deserted road where grass grows in the cracks of the now famous and former route 66, and just a few miles north

After the arrival of the Nininger’s and their collection, came the task of setting up display cases for their museum, fixing up the rented building

Back in the middle to late 1800’s as cowboys rode their horses across the prairie in what is now Kiowa County, they came across from

Dr. Nininger was good at both presenting information on his numerous talks throughout central and western United States and also at hunting them. He would