According to The Kansas Sampler Foundation, crews of 12-15 men utilized, pickaxes, shovels, ropes, pulleys, and barrels.

Whenever a low spot was reached in the wagon, the slats were opened, allowing level ground to be created around the area.

The Big Well Museum contains information on the formation of tornadoes and explains the meteorological phenomenon that took place to spawn such an event.

There are interactive pull-outs in the walls, as well as televisions, cards, and infographics depicting historical events, interviews, tragedies, model survival kits, and other tornado related items.

[10] The meteorite, which was insured for $1 million, was later located underneath a collapsed wall and was displayed temporarily at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays, Kansas while the new building was being built.