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Hunt evolution: from treasure chest to medallion

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i-RqR6rZ4-XL.jpg, Jake Ingebrigtson, right, and his new wife, Sara, incorporated the Pioneer Presss Treasure Hunt medallion into their wedding ceremony Saturday, August, i-6qXcpXp-XL.jpg, Jake and Sara Ingebrigtson at their 2010 wedding. (Courtesy photo), i-JBFCv4N-XL.jpg, Pam Olson, from left, and Ray and Diane Wood hold 1979's medallion. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-QkQWCVQ-XL.jpg, 1979's medallion was found taped to a piece of bark and stuck near the base of a tree in Marthaler Park in West St. Paul. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-dS8t75C-XL.jpg, 1973's medallion is shown fastened into part of a doorknob bracket. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-fJ9vsQh-XL.jpg, One side of 1973's medallion. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-pMdwM69-L.jpg, In 1973, the medallion was embedded in the heavy section of steel rail. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-NtMvMPT-L.jpg, These fake medallions were found in Central Park during the 2007 Treasure Hunt. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-qKmJvgn-XL.jpg, In 1966, the prize was called a medal. Winners Peggy Fritzke and Iola Mossbrugger display it where they found it on Harriet Island. (Pioneer Press fil, i-GcX7wZB-L.jpg, To mark the 60th anniversary of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt, this medallion, used in the past five hunts, was retired in 2012 and given away in an, i-ZMtsbdR-XL.jpg, n 1953, people searched for a treasure chest. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-PwqfbG2-XL.jpg, Inside the treasure chest was a certificate. (Pioneer Press file photo)
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressParticipants in the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt didn't always search for just a medallion. At

It’s here, there, everywhere in the hunt for the medallion

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i-8GQKb2r-XL.jpg, In February 1979, Al Johnson begins his search for the medallion under a snow-covered picnic table on the fringe of Como Park. (Pioneer Press file pho, i-7hCdzBS-XL.jpg, Gravity exists in 1979, too, as Al Johnson meets it as he slips off the Como Park picnic table he was searching around. According to the photo's origi, i-pbDxbrH-XL.jpg, Al Johnson doesn't take his search lying down. The intrepid hunter resumes the hunt after falling off the Como Park picnic table. (Pioneer Press file , i-pfmwD6B-XL.jpg, Al Johnson's search continues. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-MfxSqTt-XL.jpg, In January 1987, grocery stockers Pat Hoelscher, left, and Jim Harrington, who had worked all night, headed for Mounds Park to hunt for the medallion., i-WN3Pfgx-XL.jpg, In February 1982, Terry Heiser of Woodbury searches for the Treasure Hunt medallion on Harriet Island. Note the acid-wash jeans on the hunter to the r, i-FrF98mM-XL.jpg, It's Treasure Hunt 1979, and Mary and Kevin Phernetton search for the medallion along the fence at the Como Park tennis courts. (Pioneer Press file ph, i-Z65wVN2-XL.jpg, This medallion hunter searched Keller Park during the 1976 Treasure Hunt. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-kHxr5Lv-XL.jpg, Mike Powers, who was 19 during the 1987 Treasure Hunt, checked under picnic tables in Como Park. He came close to finding the medallion as an eighth-g, i-hFrLNBk-XL.jpg, In 1984, Linda Schmidt of St. Paul searched for the medallion under trash barrels at the picnic area of Como Park. (Pioneer Press file photo: John Dom, i-PwjDXdd-XL.jpg, In 1976, the St. Paul Winter Carnival King Boreas Treasure Medallion, worth $2,500 at the time, was found in this area of Keller Park. The winners tha, i-8R2w8D4-XL.jpg, In 1976, Jack Trenter, with his brothers Jim, 14, and Mike, 8, all of St. Paul, look for the medallion at Como Park by the conservatory pool. (Pioneer, i-pBjZb4s-XL.jpg, It's 1973, and members of this group, who believed they had interpreted the clue correctly, according to original caption information, were digging ne, i-Frcd3Rv-XL.jpg, Jack Barisoni of St. Paul and his daughter Denise, who was 16 at the time, search Highland Park during the 1976 Treasure Hunt. (Pioneer Press file pho, i-n8LtRCc-XL.jpg, During the 1959 Treasure Hunt, three kids are oblivious to traffic rushing by on Warner Road as they search for the medallion along a fence near the r, i-qsSQk5P-XL.jpg, Not even darkness can deter Leonard DeBee and Blaine Funkhausen, both of Roseville, as they search in Mounds Park during the 1982 medallion hunt.
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressOn top of signs, under trash barrels or around picnic tables, intrepid searchers leave no spot

Once upon a time, before Twitter

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20140122__1993TreasureHunt_screengrab.jpg, Screen grab from video of the 1993 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt. Here, people wait to get clues that could only be had through hot-off-the-presses news, 20140122__1993TreasureHunt_screengrab2.jpg
By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressThe video begins outside the St. Paul Pioneer Press building in downtown St. Paul. Cedar Street is clogged with cars, an

St. Paul council votes to privatize Phalen, Como golf course management

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20131017__Comogolfcourse_skybox.webp, A photo of the 18th hole at Como Golf Course in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday September 23, 2009. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin)
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressA divided St. Paul City Council voted 4-3 on Wednesday to support privatizing the management

Treasure Hunt’s appeal is ageless

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i-QPjsH9p-XL.jpg, Eugene Longtin and his family find the treasure during the 1959 hunt. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-Hz5VFHJ-XL.jpg, Janna Kollach fights to stay on the sled as her uncle John Darst of Oakdale pulls her through Tony Schmidt Park in Arden Hills while searching for the, i-XcHcQc6-XL.jpg, Max Bollman, 6, searches for 1999's medallion near the fence outside Como Zoo while his brother Nick, 5, takes a snow break behind him. (Pioneer Press, i-TGbNXbb-XL.jpg, Mrs. Edward Bibro bundled up her children and walked two miles to Como Park to participate in the 1955 hunt for the King Boreas treasure chest. Three-, i-WdghCxf-XL.jpg, During the 1985 hunt, the Gough family -- from left, Bill, Mark and Ruth -- look for the medallion at Harriet Island. The family found the medallion d, i-dHVHPS6-XL.jpg, The action was in St. Paul's Como Park during the search for 2003's medallion. Among the hunters were Tammy Leigh and her son, Jackson, 3, who came in, i-8nS2V4H-XL.jpg, Sean McGowan, 2, of St. Paul pitches in during the 1971 medallion hunt. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-SHxFMcz-XL.jpg, Using a hoe, Jordan Lundberg, 8, searches at sunset during in Cherokee Park for the 2003 medallion. After reading the latest clue in the Pioneer Press, i-2hQgrSF-XL.jpg, Darren Lazan holds the clues while Dave Dunleavy digs for the elusive medallion in a frozen fountain at Como Park during the 1979 hunt. (Pioneer Press, i-PkcwZQ8-XL.jpg, Richard Lang, 11, left, and his brother Greg, 16, of Maplewood use a blowtorch to melt snow in search of the medallion at the State Fairgrounds in 196, i-L9MQgLh-XL.jpg, Catharine Harmon re-enacts finding the treasure chest in 1953, with the help of some younger friends. (Pioneer Press file photo)
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt is for all ages, but being younger sometimes makes battling th
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