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1998 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

Submitted by Casey Trauer on

Hunt for the Pioneer Press medallion!

The Pioneer Press medallion has been found. Details are at our Winter Carnival page.

The hunt's over, but the discussion rages on ...

New Daddy

There is still some fresh snow north of Smith. I dug around in some of the obvious spots, but I was amazed to see some spots with potential untouched.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:04 PM Permalink
Elsinore

Yes, we are all diggers by heart, but the way Cherokee is dug up, I'm starting to look a little higher.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:04 PM Permalink
tom

J-GREEN TEAM-FORTUNE -SELMA-PAT-SAMSA-TERRY-SHOVELBOY-LEIGH-DORK-FISH- aND THE LITTLE HELPER DONT FORGET WAY-COOL BANDANNA OR SOCK

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:08 PM Permalink
J

RED DOG, if you get this messsage, because its slowing down, I'm heading for the sight call me moble with the glue.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:08 PM Permalink
Terry

What if you don't have a way-cool bandana or sock?

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:11 PM Permalink
tom

COOLER.COM ---SOUNDS GOOD!!!

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:11 PM Permalink
Cheryl Straight

Ditto, Terry V????

Hey New Daddy, east or west of smith?

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:12 PM Permalink
Toner

I'll be there tonight - the guy with the headlamp on.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:13 PM Permalink
samsa

Mr. T. SOUNDS GREAT!! Where will everyone be digging? Cooler-Heads

should stick together.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:13 PM Permalink
tom

Stop at moms first-valintino

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:13 PM Permalink
JENNY HOULE

what makes you think its in a lump of clay.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:13 PM Permalink
Mpls Dork

How 'bout a way cool hat?

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:13 PM Permalink
Dan Fish

I'll be sportin' my way cool headgear with pride

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:14 PM Permalink
Cheryl Straight

When one of us finds it, don't forget to put your Cooler name in with the picture in the paper, kay?

Eagle Eye, go ahead and BB me, I'm a reader, but as yet haven't been a contributor......

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:15 PM Permalink
Mpls Dork

Just a thought, It makes it harder to find

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:15 PM Permalink
selma and patty

How about a way cool white sweatshirt with a hood?

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:15 PM Permalink
samsa

Toner, I haven't been out to Cherokee at night. What type of lighting is out there? I like the headlamp idea. Make sure you have a white bandana wrapped around it.

BTW, I'm waiting for the clue before departing. Do they really post it right at 11:30? I've lost contact with the server a couple of times in the last few minutes.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:15 PM Permalink
Leigh Smith

hey Mr.Tomski what bandana or sock are talking about

Please tell THANX

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:15 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Cherok. has a lot of patches where the bottom 3 inches are untouched

ANYONE think "be at the fore" has signifigance?

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:16 PM Permalink
JENNY HOULE

I think it maybe wrapped in dough.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:16 PM Permalink
New Daddy

East of smith, not much there but a good view of downtown.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:17 PM Permalink
tom

CLAY IS ALL THATS LEFT

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:17 PM Permalink
Cheryl Straight

Allie Go / Green / BW / etal.... The PPMCC aka Cooler movement has been born. Great job:)

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:17 PM Permalink
tom

everyone in cooler is going to identify somehow----white bandanna--- whatever works sounds fun don`t you think???

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:20 PM Permalink
Dan Fish

Horrible lighting at CP. I've resorted to the Coleman Lantern.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:20 PM Permalink
tom

10 more minutes

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:22 PM Permalink
Brian Schletty

I'll be wearing a white armband.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:22 PM Permalink
Casey Trauer

Hey all,

I just wanted to say you folks are making our servers work!

Also, thanks for tolerating the slowdowns and the boneheads that occasionally foul this piece of cyberspace. (I'm not pointing fingers.)

I hope you are all having fun.

Casey T.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:23 PM Permalink
Cheryl Straight

oh, Dan if you only knew how funny that was....:)

New Daddy, agree, I've been doing some serious thinking about that side of the side.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:23 PM Permalink
tom

the real work is about to begin-casey you do a great job -need bigger server next yr. for sure

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:26 PM Permalink
No user inform…

clue is posted!!!!

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:27 PM Permalink
AirBourn

A cape and a whip can be really hip,

Though we don't recommend such attire.

Consider this a worthwhile tip

If it's treasure to which you aspire

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:28 PM Permalink
Dave

LOts of ground not dug up out there. Whoever says Cherokee is all dug up has deinitely never looked for the medallion. Went out last night, for 5 hours, I like the south end of the park from winona street down to annapolis. Somewhere in there. I dug mostly in some truck tracks right at winona and chippewa can see smokestack and pyramids rising from snow from there, but many other possibilities. Got to meet the infamous Kurt Condie too. Always fun, good luck someone. Keep Posting!

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:29 PM Permalink
a little helper

A cape and a whip can be really hip,

Though we don't recommend such attire.

Consider this a worthwhile tip

If it's treasure to which you aspire

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:29 PM Permalink
SueBee

A cape and a whip can be really hip,

Though we don't recommend such attire.

Consider this a worthwhile tip

If it's treasure to which you aspire

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:31 PM Permalink
Josh Wright

....

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:34 PM Permalink
Cheryl Straight

BJ are you here? Green needs to know.....

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:35 PM Permalink
New Daddy

Cape and whip chippewa st.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:36 PM Permalink
Dan Fish

Cheryl I now see the humor in my previous statement Wow I must really be tired the new clue does'nt click

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:37 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

So can someone think of anyone famous that wore a cape & whip?

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:38 PM Permalink
huntandfind

Hey anybody still here?

What do you guys think?

cape and whip?

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:38 PM Permalink
1st time hunter

Hey everyone, I don't know if anyone has noticed yet (if so, forgive me) but the letters of CAPE and WHIP unscramble into CHIPPEWA!!! I'm hoping the cross street is also identified somewhere in this clue...Any ideas??

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:40 PM Permalink
Searching

Chip------Chippewa?

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:40 PM Permalink
Terry

Josh, Please don't clog up the server with your punctuation again tonight. The server is slow enough as it is.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:42 PM Permalink
No user inform…

So....Chippewa St runs the length of the park???

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:42 PM Permalink
Josh Wright

For those who don't know I was out in the snow,

In a park near the river and trees.

Just try as you might to see me at night,

I'm a minute-man ready to freeze.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:45 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

Yeah, Chippewa St. makes sense, but doesn't help too much since it runs the North/South length of the park. Does anyone see a reference to the intersections w/ Chippewa? (Curtice, Winona or Wyoming) We basically knew the Chippewa st. location already since it's the only place to see all the other clue objects at once.

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:45 PM Permalink
Josh Wright

Sorry Terry, just got your post. I'll cut the cheesey poems too. :)

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:49 PM Permalink
New Daddy

Chippewa and cherokee aves come together in a point that points towards the cathedrial, and past the smoke stack. I dug there a lot on saturday butt...

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:50 PM Permalink
Michael Kasal

Don't help much at all.....

Mon, 02/02/1998 - 11:51 PM Permalink