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When
the City Was the Stage
Public parks were still a big
option in decade two, with six of the ten hunts occurring in more open areas.
But hunters had a great deal more to think about in the 60s. No, I'm not talking
about the political, musical, and generational changes so evident of the times.
We'll leave that for a Time/Life Presents series. Thoughts of medallion
hunters were on the implications of a quick repeat of Harriet Island (1960 and
1966) and of hiding the booty near Rondo Street in the early half of the decade
and off of I-35E in the later one. Interstate culture was upon the Twin Cities,
and with the added bustle, the medallion would soon be relegated to the public
park system.
| 1969 |
Victoria Street and I-35E in
a crevice of two rocks |
| 1968 |
Highland Park attached to plasterboard |
| 1967 |
State Fairgrounds underneath
eight inches of ice |
| 1966 |
Harriet Island Park attached
to a flatiron |
| 1965 |
Como Park attached to a hunk
of a printing lead |
| 1964 |
Beaver Lake Park attached to
a gold-colored brick |
| 1963 |
Caroll, Jefferson, Farrington and
Rondo Streets in a snowbank without protection |
| 1962 |
Along Mississippi Street attached
to disc |
| 1961 |
Highland Park in a large clump
of grass |
| 1960 |
Harriet Island Park in the
heel of a boot |
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