Medallion Hunt Clues

Clue 1 Murals - Saturday

1a. Go to the west wall of the Stephenson Motor Company. Find the Air Force seal and Independence police department seal (Don’t count stars

in Kansas Seal). Count the number of stars in each seal. (add together)

1b. Go to the CNB mural. Count the number of full and partial stars.

1c. Laurel Street Mural. Count the number of stars in the Neewollah witch constellation.

1d. Miss Able mural at the park. How many distinct stars are there in the mural? (Don’t count stars in NASA patch)(I count 8)

KEEP YOUR NUMBERS FOR EACH CLUE IN ORDER

Clue 2 Steps - Sunday

2a. Independence High School circa 1922. From the curb, how many steps lead up to the front door?

2b. Independence Carnegie Library. From the curb, how may steps lead up to the front door?

2c. Shulthis Stadium. Center section, how many steps to the top. No stair well or press box steps.

2d. Fun-ful. Total steps on the south side?

Clue 3 Park - Monday

3a. Total number of wheels on the 1050? How many red painted round knobs are IN the 1050 cab? (add together)

3b. Total number of horses on the carousel which opened July 1950?

3c. School House. How many gray tiles makeup the blackboard?

3d. FORPAZ PATH Thru the past golf course. Which hole can you see a bell?

3e. Sammy Golden. How many buttons are on Sammy’s uniform? NOT THE HAT OR SHIRT CUFF)

Clue 4 - Tuesday

4a. Go to the location depicted in clue 3d. How many red bricks surround the plaque?

4b. IHS south parking lot. Number of single parking stalls on the far south row?

4c. Number of steps leading up to the old Lincoln school.

4d. How many red “full” tiles makeup the letter N in Litwins?

4e. How many green full tiles makeup the L in clothing?

Clue 5 - Wednesday

5a. Wesley Park. Number of columns on the gazebo? Number of marked parking places in Wesley Park? (add together)

5b. Federal Building. Number of decorative CIRCLES upper façade on the south, east and north sides of the building?

5c. Professional Building. Total number of decorative DIAMONDS on the east and south façade of building?

5d. Harry Sinclair house. Total number of corinthian complete round columns on Harry’s house?

5e. Caston House. Number of porch full and partial columns big and small on the front and south side of the house?

Clue 6 - Thursday

6a. Total number of brick Greek crosses on the upper west façade of the Independence Motor Car Company on Main Street?

6b. Booth Theater. Above the marquee, Total number of arched decorative niches?

6c. Union Implement Building. Above sandstone Masonic Temple, how many arched windows?

6d. McShane Bell. How many decorative rings are well defined on the 1890 bell?

6e. J.C. Penney. How many birds are there displayed in the two front windows?

Clue 7 - Friday

Let’s find the medallion. The alphabet has 26 letters. A=1, B=2, etc, Z=26.

Start with clue 1A Take the number of stars you found and subtract 58. That will give you the first letter from the alphabet of the first word

that will describe the location of the medallion.

Take the answer that you found for Clue 1B subtract 2, Clue 1C subtract 6, Clue 1D add 10, Clue 2A add 1, Clue 2B subtract 8, Clue 2C subtract 17, Clue 2D subtract 16, Clue 3A subtract 23, Clue 3B add 3, Clue 3C subtract 16, Clue 3D add 6, Clue 3E subtract 8, Clue 4A subtract 15, Clue 4B subtract 10, Clue 4C add 11, Clue 4D subtract 39, Clue 4E add 8, Clue 5A subtract 14, Clue 5B add 1, Clue 5C subtract 5, Clue 5D subtract 8, Clue 5E subtract 8, Clue 6A subtract 38, Clue 6B subtract 16, Clue 6C add 2, Clue 6D add 16, Clue 6E subtract 5.

Good luck.