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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 ...

Dr. S. Livingston

Patrick--If it is in cherokee then it is not there any more. Last year it was in como, but como is a large park. Cherokee is considerably smaller and the way people are flocking there then it is already found and no one wants to tell us. I think that the person writing the clues is making people think of only popular parks that are obvious from the clues. However, the clues have been vague enough not to give away the park name. I think that when the name of the park comes out people will be surprised and I think it will be a small park that fits the criteria, just not as obviously as the big parks. If I were writing the clues I would be leading people on wild-goose chases. I wouldn't want the medallion found until clue 12.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:11 PM Permalink
ryan quinn

whats up fellow hunters, just got back from work, and im kind of surprized no one has found it yet. does everyone still think its in cherokee or mounds?

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:12 PM Permalink
Wes Evans

dr.s. clue six refers to " with this in view". to me means you must be able to see it from the spot.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:12 PM Permalink
Dr. S. Livingston

I don't know what domes are visible from Beaver Lake. That is why if you read through the previous postings, you will see that I asked if any domes are visible!

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:13 PM Permalink
ryan quinn

has everyone pretty much given up on dome park?

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:16 PM Permalink
Patrick Budion

Dr S. Cherokee is not that dug up and it was there in '92. It is a pretty good size park with adequate parking.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:17 PM Permalink
ryan quinn

hello is anyoenout there? why arent you talking?

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:17 PM Permalink
Wes Evans

dr.s I agree that it is a small park. if it was a park like como or phalen, we would already know the name of the park.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:18 PM Permalink
Wes Evans

ryan, did you find your way to cherokee park yet?

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:19 PM Permalink
Patrick Budion

The stack clue could go either way. You may or may not have to be able to see the stack from the medallions location. The clue may just be trying to get you to the park. You can also see the old power plant and stack from the park.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:20 PM Permalink
Terry

Often, even when it is in a large park, that does not become clear until the 7th or 8th clue. We have figured out the smaller parks quicker than we landed at Cherokee. We were out to Cherokee this afternoon. Where were all of you? Not huge numbers of people there.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:20 PM Permalink
Dr. S. Livingston

Patrick--Cherokee is dug up and there may be adequate parking but if you are to be able to see the smoke stack from the spot of the medallion then that narrows it down even further.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:22 PM Permalink
Patrick Budion

Typically not in small parks because of parking problems

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:22 PM Permalink
Wes Evans

I think people are still convinced that it is at mounds park.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:22 PM Permalink
Wes Evans

Langford park was small. it wasn't that long ago it was there.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:23 PM Permalink
William

Any ideas on post #2206?

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:24 PM Permalink
AMD

Hello

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:24 PM Permalink
Patrick Budion

You may only need to be able to see the stacks plume from the medallions location

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:25 PM Permalink
Wes Evans

true patrick

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:26 PM Permalink
Beavis

It's not at Mounds or Cherokee

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:27 PM Permalink
Dr. S. Livingston

Last year it gave the name of the park in clue #4

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:27 PM Permalink
ryan quinn

no, i had to work til just a while ago... ill probly go out tonight though

still havent given up on dome park, i might go out there tonight. i agree if it is in a big park we would probly allready know the name

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:27 PM Permalink
Patrick Budion

It was in Langford in '91 and in my opinion there have been more and more folks looking each year and therefore it's been in larger parks.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:28 PM Permalink
Terry

William - Re: #2206 The outdoor places to play at Cherokee were being used today by kids out with their parents. Probably not practical in sub-zero cold, but could still give a kid pleasure if only for a few minutes.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:29 PM Permalink
Dr. S. Livingston

Where is dome park?

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:29 PM Permalink
ryan quinn

dome park (actually called goodrich park) is right on the border of north st paul, maplewood, and St Paul. its on 7th ave across the stret from aldrich arena and the golf DOME. oh and also across from goodrich golf course

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:34 PM Permalink
Josh J. Zenner

I really think that it is Cherokee Park, just because baker street is right by it and that could possibly go along with "dough"

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:34 PM Permalink
Beavis

Every one's taking the dome and double division crap too

far...

Besides with demo and mode, you can combine them and the spell out

"Me doomed"

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:35 PM Permalink
ryan quinn

theres not too many people here, huh. nobody is talking

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:35 PM Permalink
Patrick Budion

Any ideas about the "No Golfing" signs at Cherokee?

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:36 PM Permalink
Beavis

there's another thing, from what I've seen every one has turned one or two

parts from almost every clue into a street name.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:36 PM Permalink
Josh J. Zenner

This is starting to piss me off! Where is that damn medallion?!

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:36 PM Permalink
Terry

The last time it was at Cherokee, the park was not named till the 9th clue.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:37 PM Permalink
Patrick Budion

What about 5 city streets running into or bordering Cherokee. It just might be a slam dunk.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:37 PM Permalink
Patrick Budion

Good point Terry

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:38 PM Permalink
Josh J. Zenner

Has anyone been out to Mounds or Cherokee today, if so were there a lot of people there?

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:40 PM Permalink
Beavis

There's no place left to dig at mounds, in a lot of spots people have even dug into the ground

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:41 PM Permalink
Patrick Budion

Does anyone think Baker street could have anything to do with dough?

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:41 PM Permalink
Wes Evans

perhaps tonights clue will be more direct, probably not! I'm going to wait till then to work on these clues! bye.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:41 PM Permalink
Patrick Budion

Lots of Mounders and not that many Cherokees.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:42 PM Permalink
Beavis

I'm outa here, too much street name talk.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:42 PM Permalink
William

Prospect park is probably out of the question by now. But prospect means "an extensive view" scenery all around clue. Prospect also means a place containing mineral deposits, one of the clues mentions "motherlode" lode is an ore deposit/minerals.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:43 PM Permalink
ryan quinn

actually dome park is in maplewood, and at that spot mapleood separates st paul and north st paul

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:43 PM Permalink
Dr. S. Livingston

If you play the Baker-dough connection and the city streets-sydney connection, then that would put the medallion between those two streets. The last time it was at cherokee it told you in the clues which two streets (george and king) that it was between.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:44 PM Permalink
Dr. S. Livingston

Prospect park was my first choice, but there are no sledding areas and I think everyone has decided that sledding is one of the criteria.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:46 PM Permalink
Terry

Dr. S. Livingston - Sydney is not the only "city" street intersecting the park. But that's a great idea. We'll have to see if tonight's clue gives us more.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:49 PM Permalink
A. Metal Detective

Where is Sydney in relation to Cherokee Park?

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:50 PM Permalink
Dr. S. Livingston

Sydney runs north of Annapolis and south of Baker parralel to both.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:52 PM Permalink
Two Sisters

Ryan - Goodrich park (or dome park as you refer to it) is in Maplewood - not St. Paul. Larpenteur Ave. is the border of St. Paul and Maplewood, so it obviously cannot be at that park.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:53 PM Permalink
Terry

Going to get some dinner. See you at Cherokee after the next clue.

Sat, 01/31/1998 - 5:56 PM Permalink