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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 ...

Regalman

4, I'm slow or something here. Are you tring to refer tyhe Pyramids to a court??

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:28 PM Permalink
Two Sisters

MHill - we were thinking the same thing.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:29 PM Permalink
Matthew Hill

how many basket/base/softball fields/courts is there at CP

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:29 PM Permalink
Matthew Hill

Sisters what street is by those rocks???

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:31 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

All I saw were basketball and tennis courts.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:31 PM Permalink
Regalman

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:32 PM Permalink
Matthew Hill

how many b-ball and t-courts where there shell head

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:32 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

What is the exact position of the rocks?

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:32 PM Permalink
Two Sisters

Don't think the rocks have much to do with anything...big, but not monumental, typical landscaping boulders.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:34 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

From what I could see one of each, but there may have been a second tennis court behind the first that I didn't see

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:34 PM Permalink
Matthew Hill

I dont know? do you know the street name?? by them

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:34 PM Permalink
Two Sisters

there is a rock kind of by annapolis (by the sledding hill) a couple by baker st - kind of all scattered. Again, don't think the rocks have much to do with it. What are you thinking? Maybe you are seeing something we dont.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:37 PM Permalink
Catch 22

Is there a race that is run near cherokee park every year? Like a marathon or 5K, that has the start/finish line at cherokee.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:37 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

I bet somebody got it already. Anybody got the # to call?

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:38 PM Permalink
master j p

it's in Casey Park because there are 3 pyramid looking playgrounds and there is a rosebud st. right there plus rose bushes. Plus there is also a dome out there that not too many people know about. And the "lots of dough", part in clue #7, there is a dough factory right by there. check it out!

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:39 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

In clue #4 the last line is "As you hunt for the mother lode" That spelling of lode is defined as an ore deposite or something of the sort.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:40 PM Permalink
Matthew Hill

Sisters, Lode refers to ore and lead, if those rocks are ore and lead... well... and by Anna. St.... I dont know I guess i got to just go there sit, look around and find the Medallion

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:41 PM Permalink
Matthew Hill

master where is casey park

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:42 PM Permalink
Catch 22

Where is casey park?

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:42 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

If those rocks are ore than we know were to look. I don't think it's the rock by the hill though. Because you can't see the pyramids from the hill.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:45 PM Permalink
Two Sisters

"lode" was used in a clue for 1996 when it was hidden at Harriet Island and it didn't refer to anything in particular. That is what makes us think it's not that significant.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:45 PM Permalink
Matthew Hill

Also master where is the kid "zoom" part for Casey Park

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:45 PM Permalink
Two Sisters

Where is Casey Park???

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:47 PM Permalink
Medallion Hunter

Casey Park? What about the double division clue?

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:47 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

How was Lode used in 96'?

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:48 PM Permalink
Matthew Hill

does anyone know where Casey Park is??????????

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:48 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

Mabey it's a picnic table at casey!

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:49 PM Permalink
Matthew Hill

where is Casey??????

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:50 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

Where is Casey? Beats me.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:50 PM Permalink
Two Sisters

clue from 1996: One thing to mark as you start this lark

Is that the wintry sanctum of this lode

Can be found within a public park

Think of it as Tobacco Road

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:51 PM Permalink
Elsinore

I don't find a Casey Park nor Rosebud Street on my map

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:51 PM Permalink
Catch 22

I think it is near the Binocs at top of High Bridge. Why?

Clue #1-- "one" refers to 1st bank 1

Clue #2-- "water and woods" refer to drinking fountain and trees nearby also "high ground" refers to top of High bridge

Clue #3--"roses" refer to sign nearby saying "taken care of by such and such garden society" and "zoom" refers to binocs

Clue #4-- "object in view" refers to binocs, "demo of the mode" refers to domes, and "mother lode" refers to coal at NSP

Clue #5-- "City streets" refers to streets with city names nearby, and "immeasurable" refers to distances you can see

Clue #6-- "plume of smoke" refers to NSP stack, and "view" again refers to binocs

Clue #7-- "line of double division" refers you to annapolis which refers you to cherokee which refers you to the binocs

Clue #8-- "three pyramids" refer to the tops of the three posts at the top of the high bridge

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:51 PM Permalink
Yellowstoners

"lode" and Harriet Island... sometimes they ship ore down the river, that is how it related back in '96.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:52 PM Permalink
Two Sisters

So where is Casey? Who suggested it? Does anyone know where it is? I know of a Casey Lake Park, but it is in North St. Paul (or Maplewood - not sure)

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:52 PM Permalink
E.R.

What are Pyramids at Cherokee park?

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:53 PM Permalink
kollin stevens

there is no casey park

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:53 PM Permalink
master j p

First off, I can't believe I'm telling anyone this, I live right by the park and I have been trying to keep this to myself but I just can't.

Okay, that "rosebud" clue has many meanings, I think. If you notice, there is a thorn st. right by this park and also Mounds. This Casey is very small and it's just across the street basically from mounds and you can easily see the smokestack from here. It's also on the same ground level as Mounds. Also from clue 7, "aid your decision", Casey has a small building that kids go to if they get hurt playing on the pyramidal playgrounds, and they have nurses on duty to serve the kids, I remember because I used to play here as a kid also and I hurt myself repeatedly plus my mom was one of these nurses that worked in the first aid building.

Check it out. Maps do not show it because it is a very small park.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:55 PM Permalink
Two Sisters

Catch 22: I see your reasoning...Where exactly are the binocs...Are they in a safe enough place for a lot of people to be looking for the medallion? I know there is a lot of traffic on the high bridge; not sure the PP would hide it in a place that is risky for people to get hurt.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:56 PM Permalink
Elsinore

Casey Lake park is in North StP but the lake borders Maplewood. Its at McKnight and 17th.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:56 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

Good job catch 22

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:56 PM Permalink
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were is Casey park or is there such a thing?

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:58 PM Permalink
Two Sisters

ER - The pyramids at CP are so obvious! As soon as we got the clue it made perfect sense. There is a building that has three pyramidal(? is that a word) roof tops.

Elsinore - are you still thinking MOUNDS?

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:58 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

The pyramids at cherokee are on top of the bathrooms

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:59 PM Permalink
master j p

2 sisters?

That's Casey lake park in North St. Paul,

The park that I'm talking about is just Casey Park, no Lake

what's up now, Check that out

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 3:59 PM Permalink
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An update for medallion hunters...as of 4 p.m. Sunday it has NOT been found. The Pioneer Press has been getting lots of calls from people asking; just thought I'd let you all know the search is still going on.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 4:00 PM Permalink
Elsinore

I'll be back to Mounds only if they build three pyramids and make two division signs (mathematical) on them.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 4:00 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

JP, Where is Casey Park?

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 4:01 PM Permalink
Two Sisters

Master JP - Nurses on duty at a small park...Really? I don't know about that. I don't know of ANY park that has nurses...First aid kits,yes, but not nurses.

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 4:02 PM Permalink
Catch 22

The binocs are on the corner of the High bridge and cherokee ave. It is a small area and there is lots of traffic on the high bridge. There is an area under the binocs that is easy to get to. Last time I was there, it was pretty picked over but it could still be hidden in the snow and just overlooked. Didn't they hide it one year on a bridge?

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 4:04 PM Permalink
Shell-Head

Who has given up on cherokee?

Sun, 02/01/1998 - 4:04 PM Permalink