2025 Stillwater Lumberjack Days Medalliion Hunt

Submitted by Administrator on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 1:28 PM

2025 Rules for Historic Medallion Hunt brought to you by Erin McQuay of the United Way.
Medallion created by Chas Joy of Woodstock in Stillwater, MN.

2025 Lumberjack Days Buttons will only be sold prior to the FIRST Clue being read by Erin
McQuay of United Way of Washington County-East at 7pm on Thursday, July 17, 2025 at The
Historic Courthouse Ice Cream Social. If any buttons remain, we will announce sales of them for
collectors after the completion of LJD.

2025 Commemorative Lumberjack Days Buttons will be sold at The Daily Grind downtown until
NOON on July 17 and then, 5pm-6:59pm (Strictly) at the Washington County Historic
Courthouse Ice Cream Social.

First clue to be read at the Washington County Historic Courthouse on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
The hunt is only to begin AFTER this clue is read. Any searching prior is considered grounds for
disqualification. Clues will not be printed – please refer to the Lumberjack Days social media for
updated clues, posted one hour after being read in person. (If there is delay in this, please text Erin directly – and kindly – and she can try to help).

All following clues will be read until found as follows:
Friday, July 18 at 12pm at the Veterans War Memorial (3 rd and Pine)
Saturday, July 19 at 1pm at the Veterans War Memorial (3 rd and Pine)
Sunday, July 20 at 9am at the Veterans War Memorial (3 rd and Pine)

Prizes levels details:
● $50 if you simply find the medallion (no button pre-purchased)
● $300 if you find the medallion with the pre-purchase of a button
● $500 if you find the medallion with the pre-purchase of a button and you ‘Like’ Stillwater Lumberjack Days on social media.
● $750 if you find the medallion with the pre-purchase of a button and you take a selfie at the area of finding with the medallion – must be wearing the button in the selfie (do NOT share photo until confirmation) – photo must be sent via text to the organizers.
● $1000 if you find the medallion with the pre-purchase of a button, take a selfie – must be wearing the button in the selfie, and you live in the St. Croix Valley. – License required upon validation. If under 16 years old, legal guardian must provide license.

Prize will be awarded after the conclusion of the festival during the week of July 21, 2025 after all details of the find have been thoroughly reviewed and approved by the organizers. The Medallion will be hidden at an undisclosed time on public land within Stillwater City Limits. No previous winners or relatives of winners of the Festivals Medallion Hunt are eligible to win any prizes affiliated with the festival’s activity for a period of 3 years, and no more than 2 members per immediate family for 10 years. Any attempt to purchase, use, recreate or borrow a 2025 Commemorative Lumberjack Days Button after the reading of the first clue in order to claim the prize money is strictly prohibited.

No images of Medallion itself will be published as we do not want any possible replicas. When you find it, you’ll know it!

The organizers can choose to disqualify any individual on suspicion of misconduct, cheating or
any foul play regarding the contest whatsoever. Please be respectful of land and property. Any
damage to land and property is strictly prohibited and grounds for disqualification. Do not push
down trees, remove bricks, or harm any public property – you will be disqualified from all
current and future contests with Lumberjack Days. There are no age restrictions on who can
participate or who can win. Any posting of finding the medallion online, on any social media, or
further exhibition of the find prior to validation is grounds for disqualification.

Once the medallion is believed to be found, we will post a disclaimer, and will give details of the
find after the award has been given after validation. Please do not comment on any social
media posts until validation. If the medallion is not found by 6pm on Sunday, July 20, 2025, the
location will be revealed sometime before Monday and you can hunt for it for fun, but no prizes
will be awarded. No one may claim that they found it before 6pm and just contact us after the
fact. We are very aware of when it is found, or foul play has happened.
Have fun! Make this a memorable experience for yourself and the community. Conduct yourself
in a manner that would make your grandmother proud. Good Luck!

Hey! Hardcore Medallion Hunters! – Take it easy. Sure, we’d love you to hunt, but only in good
fun and hopefully you’ll come to the festival and support the local merchants while you are visiting our town. But really, take it easy, and don’t just go town-to-town hunting. Let others have some fun too.
Who to Contact in the case of finding the Medallion- Erin McQuay – 763-222-3988 – Please call during respectful hours between 8am and 8pm. DO NOT BRING IT DOWNTOWN TO THE FESTIVAL! You must follow the rules to claim it.

Kennedy and her Aunt Amy had just enjoyed rollerblading on the Browns Creek Trail before the first clue was read. They stopped for ice cream and started hunting at Lily Lake Park, none of the clues seemed to line up and Kennedy wanted to back to Brown's Creek Park as it had swings and the clue read "you may be going forward or reversa".  A little walking on the trails and searching around the park, they decided to play instead.  

The standard family medallion hunting practice is that we all co-conspire. While swinging in the swings and talking on the phone with her sister, Becky, to decide which park we should hunt next. The line about learning "when we are young, we learn about plants..." was brought up.  We walked over to a small prairie garden and noticed the limestone rocks.  After brushing away a leaf, a copper ring appeared between the two rocks, and there was the medallion.

Hunt Information

Dates

Scheduled Dates

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Find Date

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Finders

Name

Kennedy

Hometown

Stillwater

Name

Amy

Hometown

Stillwater

Prize

Maximum Prize

$1000

Awarded Prize

$1000

Location

General Location

Brown's Creel Park

Pinpointed Location

In the Prairie Garden

Concealer

Near a Bench without a Memorial Marker

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Clues

Clue 1

Published Date

Thursday, July 17, 2025, 7:00 PM

We welcome all ages to hunt for this treasure.
To write the clues is truly my pleasure.

When we are young, we learn about plants, animals, colors, and shapes.

We learn about directions, history, and meandering escapes.

What was new is now old, and sometimes vice versa.
When you find the medallion, you may be going forward or reversa.

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Clue 2

This hunt is for everyone – runners, families, those using wheelchairs.

People searching may even find flowers to place in their head hairs.

Be it white sagebrush, or the sweetness of fleabane

Searching high and ending low will not be in vain.

On five stages of stone one may relax or stretch,

But stay too long and it may crush to the softest sand you could fetch.

Roughly 4.82 kilometers one way, or the same to a fence of sorts

One could travel either way, whether or not they play sports.

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Clue 3

Hydration is key when out and about in the summer.

But racing to the river to drink may end in a bummer.

Don’t drink water that may be a color or hot,

Choose a stream or a creek that has more birds of sky shades than not.

The old joke says a zombie’s favorite road is an end that is dead.

But if you’ve been here, you can see, this place has no dread.

With the help of great people, some birds will come back

And if you find the medallion, clue-deciphering is your knack.

The birds will return to 10 or to 9

Be sure to respect the trail’s dotted line.

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Clue 4

Still no finders? I bet you are close!

At parks there is no need to feel any morose.

When you are here, you’re never quite alone

There’s always a world citizen, a humanitarian, and a runner near the stages of stone.

This area was named after a soldier who traded fur.

When you take a gulp of the offered drink, you may say brr.

I have no reason to throw in a wrench,
Because nearby, you’ll find one and the medallion near a nameless bench.

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2025 Stillwater Lumberjack Days Medalliion Hunt

Kennedy and her aunt Amy of Stillwater are the proud finders of the 2025 Medallion! It is very rare that the medallion is found after one clue, but not impossible.

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