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[edit] Houston coin Trail

[edit] CLUES

  1. Our search begins in the land of the free, go back in time from EST.
    Start your hunt in the USA, in the Central Time Zone
  2. Drive all you want, search by car, if you need a passport you've gone too far.
    Either go North towards Canada or South to Mexico
  3. In your search for the coin, you'll get the most if you head in the direction of America's third coast.
    The third coast is the Gulf Coast
  4. Whether proud and heroic or troubled with tears, she's flown six national flags during the course of her years.
    Texas has had six national flags, including Spain, Mexico, Texas and US
  5. The climate's warm, but your search will freeze, if you don't keep it below 32 degrees.
    Keeping below 32 degrees Latitude puts you below Dallas
  6. Remember to keep to your western side this place famous for its rallying cry.
    Stay east of San Antonio and the Alamo, towards Houston
  7. Once a capital, now a town, on the map, from the coin, it's directly down.
    West Columbia, south of Houston, was the first capital of the Republic of Texas
  8. To find the coin you must be sure, that Monty is your neighbor next door.
    Montgomery County is next to Harris County, which is the county of Houston
  9. One way to help you win this quest, is to go below being modest.
    Being modest is Humble, in north Houston. Go south of here.
  10. Among the people the coin is resident, inside the cincture of this two time president.
    Sam Houston was twice president of Texas. The cincture is his belt. Go inside the Sam Houston Beltway (8)
  11. IAHHOU. in the middle lies your clue. If you pay attention, it tells you what to do.
    IAH is the Internation Airport north of Houston; HOU is Hobby Airport South of Houston.
  12. Follow this clue to the letter, then head northeast and your search will better: cccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooland
    12-C's, 22-H's, 11-Os, or C12O11H22, or Sugar. Head NE of Sugar Land
  13. You can search here fast, but it's round and round. Better to head southwest and cover more ground.
    Go southwest of Loop 610
  14. Though retired she's admired for her New York class. Though not slim she can swim despite substantial mass. If you find her, never mind her, simply let her rest. For you the thing to do is to continue west.
    USS Texas, out on the ship channel, is a New York Class Battleship. Head west of here.
  15. Don't get mixed up, you must refrain and head west of A Sad Pane.
    A Sad Pane is an anagram for Pasadena. Head west of there.
  16. To circle in on where the coin is found, look inside 110 less than twice around.
    Twice around is 360x2=720, less 110 is 610. Look inside the 610 loop.
  17. Letters, science and art get a boost in this place where three owls roost. Once you find it the thing to do is travel northeast - that's your clue.
    Rice University's insignia has 3 owls and it is the college of Letters, Science and Art. Go northeast of Rice U.
  18. Named for the Juneteeth proclamation, travel north to the coins location.
    Juneteenth, spelled wrong btw, is also known as the Day of Emancipation. Look for Emancipation Park near downtown Houston
  19. To find the coin, it is preferred, that you go down from tinsel interred.
    Tinsel interred = Hollywood Cemetary. Go south from here.
  20. Backtrack Papa Sierra and you might go astray, staying south and west is the best way.
    This one is fuzzy - there is a group called Sierra Papa whose charter is to preserve Marconi's memory. He was the father of radio. There's a Marconi Street not too far from downtown.
  21. Stay west of this historic ground, where it's chilly all year-round.
    Several possibilities - we like Union Station, next to Minute Maid Park. Stay west of here.
  22. Heading south is what to do, once you have a bison running by you.
    Stay south of Buffalo Bayou ("by you")
  23. To the east of a place of liberation is where you might find the coins location.
    Need help with this. Perhaps Sabine Street. Don't know.
  24. Discover what 88 is to 7744, flip the terms and you will know wherefrom you must northwest go.
    88 squared is 7744, or 88^2. Reverse the numbers 2^88, or highway 288. Stay northwest. 88 is also the square root of 7744. Reversed, square root becomes root square. The coin is NW of Root Square Park
  25. You're closing in, don't let your search be slowed. Stay to the east of this erroneously named road.
    Walker Road is the erroneously named road. Stay east. This really narrows down the area.
  26. To find the coin, northward press, from a namesake related to Orontes.
    Orontes is a river in Asia. The only street in downtown named after a river is Brazos Street. Staying north of this leads you to...
  27. From this peaceful lunar plateau, head in the direction of Crater Arago.
    Tranquility Park, named after Tranquility Basin on the moon. Crater Arago is on the western part of the Basin. Going west leads you to...
  28. To find the coin you needn't travel far. Just head to the west from a place where you'd study stars.
    Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, where you would see stars perform. Here's where it gets fuzzy. Going west of here doesn't really get you to the next site.
  29. Pillot = 12, Staiti = 2, head in the direction of 9, that's the direction of this clue.
    These two references are to historical houses in Sam Houston Park. With the layout of the park, 9 o'clock gets you to the lake area of the park. By the lake is...
  30. Though there is no guaranteeing, if you're first you'll find the coin at the base of a celestial being.
    the Spirit of Confederacy Statue, which is a statue of an arch-angel on a granite base.

(answers supplied by Wilhouse, Tank and Wastrel)


Location in a nutshell:

The Spirit of Confederacy statue in Sam Houston Park, Houston, Texas
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