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2024 Dan Patch Days Horseshoe Hunt

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Dan Patch Days Horseshoe

Rules

The annual horseshoe hunt takes place every year preceding Dan Patch Days.  A horseshoe is hidden somewhere within the city of Savage, on public property.  Clues are available on the Dan Patch Historical Society's website, in the Savage Pacer and at the Savage Library.  The annual horseshoe hunt has taken place since 1996 and has always been sponsored by the Dan Patch Historical Society.

Rules

1.  Clues are given out each week that lead to the location of a special horseshoe hidden
       somewhere on "public property" within the City of Savage boundaries.
2.  Whoever finds the horseshoe and has a 2024 Dan Patch Days button wins $100.
​3.  The lucky winner also gets to keep the commemorative horseshoe.

2024 Dan Patch Days buttons are available at Savage City Hall and the Savage Library.

Each Friday, clues for the horseshoe hunt will be available here by 9 p.m. on this web site (www.danpatch.com).  This is the only place the clues will be available online. Clues will also be published in the Saturday print edition of the Savage Pacer newspaper.

To maintain the interest and integrity of the horseshoe hunt, the following members, spouses and minor children are NOT eligible to participate in the hunt:  Dan Patch Historical Society board members, Dan Patch Days Inc. committee members and Savage Pacer newspaper employees.  Also, there will not be any back-to-back winners.

**Anyone who believes they've found Dan's shoe, please CONTACT US (and Please leave a contact number, we will follow up ASAP.
2024 Dan Patch Days Horseshoe Finders
Hunt Information
Dates
Scheduled Dates
Friday, May 24, 2024
Find Date
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Finders
Name
The Westrum Family
Prize
Maximum Prize
$100
Awarded Prize
$100
Location
General Location
Hollywood Park
Pinpointed Location
In the Eagle Scout Butterfly Garden
Concealer
In the Mulch

44.771569, -93.339202

Clues
Clue 1
Published Date
Friday, May 24, 2024, 5:00 PM

Spring rains it seems, cause swollen streams.
Grounds saturate, can't evacuate.
Patch's shoe gets stuck in the muck!
Please aid from Dan's bind, form teams to find.

The official meaning of the clue.

 "streams" & "saturate" refer to water, where the shoe is hidden nearby.
"grounds" & "muck" refers to the shoe being partially buried

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Clue 2
Published Date
Friday, May 31, 2024, 5:00 PM

Aside the river, our settlers fished.
Southeast up river, with luck you'll be kissed!

The official meaning of the clue.

River Side Stock Farm and Marge J.Fish occupied plots near Hollywood Park in the 1898 Glendale plate.
River also draws you to areas of the Minnesota River or the Credit River.
South of the Minnesota River and east of the Credit is Hollywood Park

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Clue 3
Published Date
Friday, June 7, 2024, 5:00 PM

One hundred and twenty years ago, we went by a different name.
With directions you know, you're a star I exclaim!

The official meaning of the clue.

Our previous city name was Hamilton, Hollywood park is within this old district, see the 1898 Glendale Plat.
"Direct" and "star" are familiar terms in Hollywood CA

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Clue 4
Published Date
Friday, June 14, 2024, 5:00 PM

With ivy, oak & vines all around, your options would appear to abound.
You should look down, perhaps below ground, 'tis there Dan's shoe is found.

The official meaning of the clue.

Ivy Lane (now Monterey Ave), Oak Street (now Natchez Ave) and lower and upper Vine Street (Ottawa and 129th St. respectively) were the olde names of streets around Hollywood Park.
"below ground" refers to the shoe being partially buried.

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Clue 5

In this Hollywood Walk of fame, amid butterflies near cattails, there are pollinators galore.
You've reached the end of your travails, with shoe dash there's some cash in store.
This concludes this horseshoe game.

The official meaning of the clue.

Hollywood Park is the location.
The shoe was hidden in the mulch of the Eagle Scout project butterfly garden.

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