CONGRATULATION MUCLUCK AND ICEMAN!!!

They found the treasure at Hazel Park Recreation Center, after clue
#9, under a bench located behind ball field #3. A magnet was used to
secure the bag with the treasure under the bench.

Heres the clues and explanations:

Clue 1/Fri

The hunt is on, now go find the treasure
All you have to do is follow the hint
I hope you have fun and find some pleasure
St Paul's the place with the mint

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Explanation: Its in St Paul. Follow the clues to find the coin.
"Mint = coin or money, and it's a vauge reference to "York" pepermint
patty.
York St runs into Hazel Park.
"Pleasure" and "fun" = playground/rec center
I meant to change this clue to say "figure" the hint instead
of "follow", but I forgot to change the printed clues I gave out.
Figure would have referred to the number 3 on the backstop of the
ballfield and would have drawn attention away from "mint=york". I was
worried it could be found on the 1st clue if anyone figured York St.
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Clue 2/Sat

Look for a place that has a newer face
and you may measure up the winner
Just locate the courts and places to play
and don't wreck it, just look for dinner

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Explanation: "Newer face" referes to the newer playground bldg built
in 1998 and also referes to the old Kernals corner bar with a new
name (Hoagies) thats in the later clues. Hazel Park has a "watch me
grow" sign by the playground where you can measure yourself, has
tennis courts, basketball courts, playground, etc. and "courts and
places to play" refers to a rec center or playground. Playground is
just off Case St. Courts is vauge referance to "Case". "Dont wreck
it" mostly means dont destroy the park. "Wreck it" = rec center,
however hazel "park" is a rec center but called a "park",
hence "don't rec it". (It isn't Hazel Rec, it's Hazel PARK rec
center) "Just look for dinner" = Hoagies bar nearby, a picnic
area, or a kitchen area inside the building.
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Clue 3/Sun

If you like southern rock you may have heard uneasy rider
Wasn't he on a yamaha?
All I know is he wanted to go from St Paul to Chicago
via Omaha?

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Explanation: Uneasy rider was a "southern rock" song by Charlie
Daniels. It was released as a single and appeared on Daniels'
album "Honey in the Rock". Hazel Park has a bunch of Rocks all along
the southern border of the park. The treasure was hidden near the
rocks. Chicago via Omaha is a pun on the lyric of the song "wonders
what people would think if he went to L.A. via Omaha." and refers to
the old railroad lines that used to be in this area. The lines were
The St Paul, The Chicago, and Omaha Rail lines. Omaha was known
as "Omaha road" and the end of the road is mentioned in another clue.
The "Omaha Road" entered minnesota near Stillwater (the city).
Stillwater = near Stillwater Ave where Hazel Park is located between
this street and the railroad tracks to the north. Hazel Park was an
old railroad suburb. See page 121 under "Hazel Park" in the Epson
book "The Street Where You Live" for more info. It was served by the
St Paul, Chicago and Omaha rail lines.
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Clue 4-mon

Some like country and some like soul
the harder the better I say
So think of the stones, they wont be alone
if you can't get no satisfaction today

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Explanation: The treasure is hidden near the "southern rock" (s)
under a bench.
The "country" referes to the "southern rock" music of Charlie Daniels
and "stones" hints at the Rolling Stones that is harder "rock"
music. Hopefully people are getting the "rock" hints.
The stones wont be alone means there are numerous stones/big rocks
lined up along the southern border of the park and the treasure is
nearby. "Can't get no satisfaction" referes to a rolling stones song.
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Clue 5/Tue

You'll need a vessel if you want to travel
like they did back in time
For the end of the road is dirt and gravel
and here you'll see the rhyme

If when you get there, you run out of tar
you should turn around
Because if you did this you oughta know
you just went a bridge too far

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Explanation: A "vessle" is a term for a boiler or steam container
that was used on steam engine trains for travel in the past. "you'll
see the ryme" means the tressle railroad bridge at "the end of the
road". Trestle rymes with vessel.
The trestle Railroad bridge is at the end of the gravel (Omaha) road
on Hazel Street after the "tar" ends. The RR track was the old "Omaha
Road" rail line. If you drive past Hazel Park on Hazel the road ends
a few blocks up at the old railroad trestle bridge. Hazel Park School
is also across from this trestle. If you kept going across the
tressel bridge you'd run into Hazel Park school but you want the
park, so turn around, you went "a bridge too far" past the park on
Hazel St.
Hazel Park used to be a suburban rail road village served by the St
Paul, Chicago, and Omaha railroads.
Omaha railroad was known as "Omaha road" and the end of the road is
mentioned here.
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Clue 6/Wed

When you get hungry just have a picnic
there is no chicken or corn
Just find a sandwich and a place to grill
because it has been reborn

Imagine brown trout and picture the water
as you think of Kinnickinnic
Just go nuts and run to the border
and soon you will be liking it

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Explanation: Hazel park has a picnic area, picnic tables, and grill
so "have a picnic" and a "place to grill". "No chicken or corn"
referes to Colonels bar (KFC Chicken /Col Sanders and kernal of
corn) located at Stillwater and Hazel. It's gone/closed and now it's
Hoagies bar (reborn=renamed)(sandwich). "Reborn" also referes to the
newer building at Hazel Park Rec Center. Brown trout (fits food theme
used here) means brown = hazel. Hazel Park is located on Hazel Street
not far from Stillwater. "Picture the water" = a still is a picture +
water gives the street Stillwater. Kinnickinnic is a river off the
St Croix river (sends you to the eastside) and also is near the
wisconsin border.
"Run to the border" means the border of the park where the rocks are
on the south side border of the park and fit the theme about food
(Run to the border=tacobell). "run to the border" has multiple
meanings. The Kinickkinnic river park is on the border of Minnesota
and Wisconsin. Run to the border or Kinnickinnic means run east to
the east side of St Paul and also referes to the southern border of
the park refered to in other clues. Nuts are also food and we
wanted "hazel" nuts here. Nuts =Hazel St.
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Clue 7/Thu

If you can't find it, dont get on me for it
ask Pepermint Patty or Charlie Brown
If you figure this clue, you will be in luck
and soon you will not frown

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Explanation: "Dont get on me for it" = dont get on my "case" = Case
St. York makes peppermint patties. Peppermint patty was noted for her
persistent habit of profoundly misunderstanding basic concepts and
ideas that most people would consider obvious. Peppermint Patty is a
pro on the baseball diamond. The benches, under which the treasure is
hidden, are behind the backstop of the ballfield. If you "figure this
clue" you get York St and Case St. Charlie "Brown" also referes to
Hazel St. Brown= Hazel. "Figure" also referes to the number 3 on the
backstop of the ball feild thats very near the treasure location.
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Clue 8/Fri

To find it is tricky, you might need
a lawyer to make your case
But all you really have to do
is line up and look for a base

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Explanation: "Case" referes to Case St that borders the north side of
Hazel park Rec center. "all you really have to do
is line up and look for a base" referes to all the rocks that are
lined up along the south side of the park and the "base" referes to
the baseball fields.
Treasure was hidden under the benches, behind the backstop, by the
ball field #3. If you lined up the rocks next to the ball field and
followed them, it would lead you to the benches behind the backstop
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Clue 9/Sat

Another oppourtunity to find the way
is to play with virtual lives
Add a vehicle and a boy in the netherlands
and see where they might arrive

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Explanation: "Play with virtual lives" referes to the computer game
The Sims. Sims = Sims Street. A "vehicle" is a Van and the "boy in
the netherlands" is the little dutchboy that stuck his finger in the
Dyke. Add them together to get Van Dyke Street. Van Dyke and Sims
Street are very near the treasure location.
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Clue 10/Sun

Think of a school and think of a playground
they're both in this neighborhood
If you can figure the three together
you should be feeling good

I'm sure by now your looking for something
that will give you names
One I'd try is William Leonard
and his wife Helen Ames

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Explanation: William Leonard and Helen Ames were developers of Hazel
Park neighborhood. Helen named it after seeing a group of children
picking hazel nuts in the area.
Ames created and promoted the Hazel Park community, a small Victorian
neighborhood centered around Ames School which comprises most of the
pre-World War I development in the area. See this link:

http://www.placeography.org/index.php?
title=William_L._and_Helen_Ames_House%2C_1667_Ames_Avenue_East%
2C_Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota

"Figure the three together" = Hazel park school, Hazel Park
playground, and Hazel Park neighborhood.
Also the "Figure the three" referes to the literal "figure 3" that
is on the backrest of the ball field at the treasure site.
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Clue 11/Mon

Hazel and Case might be the place
if you look with a certain zeal
If you locate the prize, you may be surprised
and you might let out a squeal

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Explanation: Hazel Park Rec is located on Case and Hazel Streets
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Clue 12/Tue

Go to the place at Hazel and Case
and run to the southern border
Look for the rock and look at the base
and then you'll win in short order

You wont need a wrench to look under the bench
and find the prize you desire
Just give me a call and let me know
and the money you will acquire

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Explanation: none needed.