Nevada Day Treasure Hunt 2021: Clue 11

Good morning seekers! Have you guessed it yet? Let’s get right into Week 3!

Here are the clues we have received so far:

Clue no. 1:

Making an appearance in 2016

Joining seven from before

This year it won’t be

The place for the score

Clue no. 2:

We are rooting for you

To find the treasure

Use your wings

At your leisure

Clue no. 3:

The medallion returns once more

To what is becoming a favored home

Not looking to explore new places

Or go too far to roam

Clue no. 4

The people from here

They managed to stay

Even though their home

Was taken away

Clue no. 5
Rogers and Christopherson

Were pioneers in their own right

Plunging into all twenty-two

To earn the limelight

Clue no. 6
Named for a Greek God

And earning notoriety

Guilty of baldness

Don't get anxiety

Clue no. 7

Having had many names

Maheon is one we prefer

But only Baker

Would concur

Clue no. 8

Based on this Lady's status

Rather than her rights

She no longer permits

Climbing to great heights

Clue no. 9

The 1939 Harvard frat initiation

Would have helped the equation

Involving our host's problem

With this giant invasion

Clue no. 10

When it lost 19

It gained three

But only for five

As you can see

Clue no. 11

First toll master, then owner

He shot old Brown

Was exonerated but had

To pay to put him down

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Clues will be given daily, Tuesday through Saturday, so keep your eyes peeled, and happy hunting! See the Nevada Day Treasure Hunt web page here.

To learn more about the Nevada Day Treasure Hunt, click here.

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