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1999 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

Submitted by Casey Trauer on

It's time for the Medallion Hunt! The first clue will appear on PioneerPlanet just after midnight Saturday, Jan. 22. Come back here to compare notes with other treasure seekers, but be certain you read the rules on the Planet's Winter Carnival page.

Spencer Dorn

anyone ask me a question, then i get to ask you one??????

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:26 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

waiting????????????????

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:28 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Think first of trees in a line. Think WOOD ROW. Ok, I've thought Woodrow first (the first name). From this, a name will appear. The only Woodrow most people

know is Wilson, and so the same Wilson appears. I don't think its a stretch. I think its following the clue precisely.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:28 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

waiting????????????????

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:28 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

Q:

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:29 PM Permalink
A

Hey spencer!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:30 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

watz up!!!!!!!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:30 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Alright Spencer, is Henry Hudson the man they are referring to in Clue #6?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:30 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

anyone a question please!!!!!!!!!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:31 PM Permalink
The Crazy Creatures

I think Allison has a good point about the Woodrow and Wilson

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:32 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

no, but first refer to the park, k!!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:32 PM Permalink
Russ Payne

Just got back from Conway- Noticed address 4-5-9 near fields

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:33 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

it is not an address people, thats to easy!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:34 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Wrong answer. Henry Hudson is the famous man with a useful name (Hudson Guide). Old Hudson Rd. is one block south of Conway.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:34 PM Permalink
2 patty's

Hey, a tome is a scholarly book, can't be a hudson's guide. But Hudson Road runs along the freeway by 3M.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:34 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

it is not an address people, thats to easy!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:34 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Crazy you are all that. You got nothing!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:34 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

I just got back from Conway, and I couldn't find it. I need to warm up.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:36 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

My problem with Clue #3 isn't that its too easy, its that its too precise. But if its not an address, what is with "and adorn the front door"? I still think maybe "score" is

the tricky part referring to 20 instead of a sports score.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:36 PM Permalink
Russ Payne

Whats 9,5 and 4 mean then???

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:37 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

A tome, loosely defined (as all puzzle makers do) could refer to any book. When you're trying to be cryptic, yet make everything rhyme, diction isn't your foremost

concern.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:38 PM Permalink
The Crazy Creatures

Who ever said I had anything???

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:39 PM Permalink
The Crazy Creatures

And plus if I don't know nothing, why did I find it in 1990 in Como Park? Have you ever found it?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:40 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

When does the next clue come out

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:41 PM Permalink
2 patty's

What do you mean Wonderland, 20 not being a sports score? We don't get your drift. Maybe we should ask the mad hatter. ha ha ha

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:41 PM Permalink
SMACK DOWN HOTEL

HEY SPENCER, DO YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKN'?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:41 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

My last guess about the 9,5,4 was that "Numbers keep score and adorn the front door" may be a cryptic way of referring to the 2000 block of something. A 9 and a

5 might mean 2095 and somewhere a four might mean 2094 which would be across the street on the park side, where you would have to estimate exactly where the

four might be. The only problem with this theory is I already dug up that part to no avail (well, I didn't completely dig it up) and it still seems strange that they would

try, however sneakily, to give us an exact address in the third clue.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:42 PM Permalink
SMACK DOWN HOTEL

hI aLISON, i LIKE YOUR STYLE, YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:43 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

A score is 20, as in "Four score and seven years ago..." So maybe they're not talking about sports. Maybe they were talking about the number 20, or possibly in this

case, 2000 as 2-0 would be the first two digits of all the houses on that block.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:44 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

Has it been found yet? I heard it was.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:46 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

Is there anything to deal with Woodrow Wilson.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:49 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Its possible it could have been found. In a small park I would think it wouldn't take too long to do so. But you can find out for sure by calling (651) 228-5464.

Otherwise the next clue comes out at 11:30

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:50 PM Permalink
2 patty's

Allison you are so smart. We never would have thought of the four score thing and we think we're so smart! We were at Conway for awhile and people were

digging by the ball fields. Went to HP and there was NO ONE.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:51 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Well, if it hasn't been found, I guess I need to go try and get it so good luck everyone.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:54 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

Where is woodrow wilson school???

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:54 PM Permalink
AllieGo

The medallion has NOT been found!! I just checked. It's 6:07 p.m. on Sunday evening.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:55 PM Permalink
Russ Payne

Conway is almost totally dug up... If it is at Conway, it should be found soon.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:57 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

oh

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:01 PM Permalink
Amy Anderson

argh!! how do you get to Highland Park? Anybody wanna give some quick directions?? hehe. coming from mpls. am curious why nobody thinks it's the state

fair..i guess only a few clues would work there.

are all the parks in st. paul well lit?

-Amy

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:02 PM Permalink
SNAKE88

where is everyone looking

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:02 PM Permalink
Russ Payne

Every one's looking at Conway or Highland- It's about down to those two.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:05 PM Permalink
marypoppins

HP is just east of Minneapolis on I 94

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:08 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

Conway is not the sight! I couldn't find it anywhere.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:10 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

How do you get to HP

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:12 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

oh

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:13 PM Permalink
marypoppins

I'll tell you how to get to Highland Park. Where are you oming from?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:14 PM Permalink
Jorge jimenez

why is everyone looking at conway?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:15 PM Permalink
Amy Anderson

coming from 94 east, from st. louis park

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:15 PM Permalink
Jorge jimenez

Does todays clue give away some good info or something

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:16 PM Permalink
Nick East

I liked the state fairgounds for awhile. until i got kicked off. it is the only place that the 9-5-4 thing fits perfectly. In adventure park at the fair, you can stand where

you can see the huge channel 9 sign and the huge channel 5 sign and the channel four sign is just slightly over a hill. Perfect. Many of the other clues work well too,

but I was assured by a most friendly security guard that the park was off limits....

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 6:16 PM Permalink