1966 Clues
Gives scope to our theme with a shout and hurray
The treasure hunt join, the carnival acclaim,
Hail to King Boreas a man or famous name.
Safety to the seeker is an important guide.
The prize on public property to find is the intent;
Use care and respect with no damage to repent.
While vapors from smoke stacks puff through chill breeze.
Lights of varied color flash at night in panel gay,
They mystery of this treasure site is marked in bright array.
But a fence quite adjacent proves help to the eager.
View the beautiful parade and the carnival see.
Directional signs and a marker are the key.
That reveals just too much told by that little bird.
A sign of information, It's destination boring;
With enough imagination ideas should keep soaring.
While claims of a winner score high on your side.
Stacks of color appear and give us good reason.
To be optimistic on this hunt of the season.
The girls they chase and tease with many a trick and prank.
To these follies and nonsense of others give no mind.
Get back on the ball, dig in look and find.
In hotels and at the club to debate and close deals
Architects dreams in the sky show with pride.
Every challenge to growth our city takes in stride.
The treasure site area surround and invade.
Rails that run parallel serve in this race,
East and West arches span overhead space.
And a land of great promise about which he told.
Also names of two girls and one of a king.
Another of a place with an Oriental ring.
That noodle head is thinking of a box lunch that delights.
Fill up brothers, farewell to calorie counts and diets.
This hunt is all for fun no place for hunger riots.
Compared with methods involved, this don't hold a candle.
A station for pumping we urge you to find.
Facing picnic and playground holding loot of a kind.
Used to make smooth and flat each stubborn crease.
100 paces north from pumping station toward a forked tree.
The treasure location at you feet now should be.
During the 1990’s, the St Paul Pioneer Press opened online discussion forums. These forums were called Water Coolers. The forums had discussion topics related to sports, politics, news, and current events. Each year, the Pioneer Planet – the online section of the Pioneer Press – opened a discussion forum as a media for hunters to discuss the clues for the Winter Carnival Medallion Hunt.
During the earlier years, one might find a few hundred posts during the hunt. As more hunters had computers, those numbers jumped. From 1997 to 1998, the number of posts increased from the hundreds to the 5-digit thousands. It was during the 1998 hunt the Cooler Crew was born.
The community spirit and teamwork displayed in the Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt thread was inspiring. The group of hunters found themselves at the end of a hunt not wanting to let go of new friendships and the camaraderie found on the Water Cooler board. The idea emerged to do what anyone would do in the middle of winter in Minnesota. A picnic in Cherokee was planned - the first Rehash Bash!
