Treasure Hunt Headquarters Fall 2015 Treasure Hunt

Straight to the point is telling you that we are giving you the park name in the first clue. “I get is trees ahead” anagrams to Eastside Heritage. It also tells you that it is not located in the open space of the park and hints that it is hidden in part of a tree.

The “No trepassing” and repeat is a reference to the many “No Trepassing” signs along the path on the north side of the park. Follow the posted rules was a referring the the offical rules posted at www.wintercarnival.8m.com which explained the 3 hour time frame for clue release. The clues were often released much earlier than 9 AM and 5 PM at Treasure Hunt Headquarters, but were put on Facebook closer to 9 and 5. Hinted at the treasure being on the ground as snow would have made it more difficult to find without tools..

The only thing this clue was referring to is the word BRIDGE. The first two letters of the first and last line and the first letter of the second and third line spell BRIDGE. The Neid Lane bridge over the trail was very near the medallion location.

The “Well, well, well” and “source of water” refer to nearby Wells Street. Branch is a hint at what the medallion was hidden in and the unknown refers to the fact that the medallion has never been hidden in Eastside Heritage Park. The “trails carry a history of their own” are words off one of the history plaques located in the park.

The clue references Wayne Gretsky (The Great One, No. 99) and Mario Lemieux (The Magnificent One, No. 66), both hockey players from Canada. The key to this clue was a valve cover with the word “CANADA” on the side of the pipe and the number 66 or 99 (depending on which side of it you are standing) stamped into the top which was very near the treasure location.

This clue had dual meaning. The first was that “Mappy doesn’t know” referenced the fact that Eastside Heritage Park is not included in the Treasure Hunter’s Guide. The second, more valuable meaning, was that if you scanned the “quick reference” (dots to form a square) on the back of your Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt History book, it would bring you to a web page with the attached photo clue from which you could decipher the name of the park.

Refers to the main trail going through the park which is on the right-of-way designated for future light rail transit. The area was also where Phalen Creek once flowed towards the Mississippi River. A history plaque within the park references canoeists in the early 1900s.

Eastside Heritage Park is a newly developed park initially starting to take shape in 2009. The area within and around the park has quite a history. The various panels within in the park explain it’s history and the history of the East Side. The words “haven’t passed our test” and “feelin’ were hinting at the word “Phalen”. Phalen Boulevard runs on the south side of the park.

The “Land of Sky Blue Water” was the slogan of nearby Hamm’s Brewery whose smokestack is visible from the treasure site. The “Grains of time” was reference to the grain silos which were located at the site of the park into the 1990s. “Stay out of the hollow” had a double meaning. The first was to stay out of nearby Swede Hollow and the second was to stay out of the “small valley” (which is Merriam Webster’s definition of hollow) leading you to higher ground.

“Ed in” and “dine” and the “ends in sight” refers to nearby Neid Lane. The words “car” and “zone” were a hint at the word “autozone” painted on the building east of the site. “Tokens” and “fun” was a reference to an arcade. Arcade street is east of the area. The word “log” was a hint to the fact that the medallion was hidden in what looked like a small log. “This fun zone” should have limited your search to the area between Neid and Arcade which hasn’t been mowed (native).

Locates the medallion along the ridge line between two manhole covers (access points to storm sewer) and the Neid Lane bridge.

Pinpoints the location of the medallion. Thank you to all who have purchased of copy of Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt History and supported Treasure Hunt Headquarters through the years.