1954 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

Once again we're in Boreas' Rollicking Realm. We can assume that this is a reference to St. Paul. We're also given that there's a nearby road.

In the 21st century a pair of clues like this would have hunters very irritated; we don't need two clues to tell us we're looking in Ramsey County. Indeed, Boreas' rollicking realm is, always has, and always will be St. Paul. This probably wasn't as big of a deal in the 1950's, since in those days there were two editions of the newspaper each day. The Pioneer Press came out in the morning, and the Dispatch came out in the afternoon. If the morning clue wasn't helpful, you'd get clue 3 later on that day when you could put it to good use after work.

Lets hunters know that safety is a foremost concern while hunting; by saying that a child could find the treasure, the Press is letting hunters know that it's close to the ground.

The Ridder brothers must not have been very creative poets; This is the second clue in this hunt that recycles a line from a previous hunt's clues. With the benefit of 21st technology, we can far more easily figure this sort of thing out than hunters could back in the infancy of the hunt. On the clue's technical aspects, we are given that the medallion is somewhere on public property, near some body of water; in this case, the Mississippi River.

In contrast to previous hunts' clues, this one lets hunters know that the treasure is hidden close to a road, rather than far away from one. An important hint, since much of Hidden Falls Park is quite distant from nearby roads.

This clue gives us an indication that the treasure is hidden in a somewhat wooded area with plenty of underbrush around.

Restricts hunters to parks near the Mississippi; or at least parks from which the river is visible.

Visible from the site of the treasure are the smokestack from the Veterans' Hospital power plant across the River and a green house on Mississippi River Blvd. above the site of the treasure.

Florence Nightingale, conflict, and a visible tower again indicate the Veterans' Hospital across the river from the treasure site.

This marks the third and fourth lines in this year's hunt that have been recycled from the past. But like we said earlier, unless you were the Jake Ingebrigtson of the 1950's, you wouldn't be likely to catch on to it. Like the 1952 hunt at Highland Park, this clue indicates to hunters to stay away from the downtown area, and reiterates the park is near the River and the smokestack opposite the site.

This one is rather obvious, but honestly guys, this clue is almost foreshadowing the 2004 hunt in Phalen, making reference to objects that are quite movable. At least put the litter in its proper place.

Gives away exactly how the treasure was hidden. There must not have been a lot of snow in 1954.

Pinpoints the location of the treasure chest.