...in alphabetical order, by Cooler Crew screen name, where applicable
People and Organizations
| Allison Wonderland | Treasure Hunt Trainer, Maker of Mock Hunts |
| Mr. Med Hunter, Jesse Anibas, the Realm's Treasure Hunter | unsolicited clue-typing help (1970s in particular) |
| Ares | Coolercrew.com webmaster, and archives-keeper |
| Artemis the Huntress | HTML help, reporter, webmistress of King's Commons, bumper stickers and all around huntress! |
| Roger Barr | Author, The Treasure Hunt; early, important advice |
| BeeyoB | an early Crew mainstay |
| Brett Benson | an early keystone within Pioneer Planet |
| Big G | logo artist |
| Marcia Brass | extra 1993-94 clue deciphering |
| Camo Crue | inspiration; not in name but in determination |
| Eags | the funkdoobiest |
| *Mom* and *Dad* | buttons, arrangement, and the in-betweens |
| Jackie Garry | Treasure hunt film chronicler |
| Green | Taskmaster General and so much more |
| Elizabeth Hanninen | typin', programmin' |
| Ian | always on the right side |
| Jake Inge | Research and hunt addict |
| Ittiz Eye | Sioux City's finest; pages in the night |
| Karl Karlson | Pioneer Press writer |
| East Side Digger, Katuin Illustrations | Cooler Kid, logo artist |
| KCØGRN | Google Map Maker |
| Jim Kramer | Typo detection in the Pioneer Press Hunt Pages |
| Mike Madland | photos, images from his 1988 find |
| Marley King | webmaster of King's Commons, bumperstickers, "Coolerhead for life" |
| Me2 | supplying M&M's and being the life of the party in the cooler. Snowflake organizing. |
| Mishaba | for all efforts otherwise unnoticed |
| MJ | Clue typing and getting together at the Great Minnesota State Fair |
| Sherri Osborn | a very early player in all that this is and a recent HTML fiend helping to get all the clues up |
| Pioneer Press | all the rich history and excellent heritage |
| Greg Sax | The original webspinner of this site, writer, editor, what have you... |
| Casey Selix | Pioneer Press writer |
| Joe Soucheray | Press columnist, hunt curmudgeon |
| The Internet Wayback Machine | For the archive that allowed the comprehensive collection of historical material from the site |
| Trent Tooley | Treasure hunt film chronicler |
| Casey Trauer | former Planet nightman, early inside supporter |
| Treasure Chest | Cooler Crew Webmistress, Ares' partner in crime, critic, and inspiration, and chief Cooler Crew prankster. |
| Terry Valentine | coolest of the Coolerheads |
| Jim Walsh | Pioneer Press writer, 1998 diary entries |
| Whale Time | motivational outfit that prefers night digging and e-noodles |
| Steve Worthman | author of invaluable park guidebook; Cooler Crew supporter |
| Dave "DDY" Young | photos and longtime support, may he rest in peace. |
| Ron Young | carnival button king |
| Zephyrus, Protector of Freedom | poetry -- Maybe Next Year |
Software
When the Cooler Crew site got started, it was a lot of static pages. Now with over 800 pages, and a quarter of a million archived discussion board posts, together with a planned set of future forums on the site and various other goodies, managing those pages when a menu link changes is impossible. So, there's a lot of software in place to deliver you the content you want when you want it, and to make it easy for us to manage it when we want to. So, here goes.
| 3 Dogs and a Cat Software | Ares' company, which provides all the custom code and web design that goes into the place. |
| Debian GNU/Linux | The operating system that everything below here runs on. |
| Drupal | The content management system in place that powers the Cooler Crew web site. |
| PHP Hypertext Processor | For the dynamic web page engine |
| The Apache Software Foundation | The Web Server software that powers the site |
| MySQL | The database that keeps this place going |
Many people have helped get this thing off the ground, which means if you see that a name needs to be added to the list, contact the webmasters, and it will likely appear the next day. Credit will be given to both those who have inspired and those who continue to aspire to great things for Cooler Crew. Those who perspire heavily and for no good reason will likely be left off the list (unless they have an explanatory medical certificate).