Clue #3 – Aug 29th, 2025 – Friday.
A tale he told of a trail so wide, the hooves still echo near the riverside.
The crowd would cheer, the rifles cracked, as Chip brought Northfield’s past right back.
A second of three generations, in a lineage so grand, the DeManns and reenactment, go hand in hand.
Not for gold, nor for glory, nor fame on the run, but to show how the townsfolk had stood with their guns.
Previous Clues & Hunt Information:
The Defeat of Jesse James Days 2025 Horseshoe Hunt got underway on Wednesday and runs until Sunday at 11:59pm. Those with a registered button receive a prize of $2,000, but anyone can receive the $1,000 prize.
A reminder about the rules:
The horseshoe will be located on public property within Northfield or Dundas and will not be buried. NO digging will be needed in the retrieval of the horseshoe, and it will not require the use of a ladder. PRIVATE property is excluded, and we ask you to be respectful as you search public areas. Northfield public school grounds are exempt from this contest. Please stay off all school property, including the colleges.
Clue #1 – Aug 27th, 2025 – Wednesday.
Now gather ’round, you seekers true, for tales of yore, I’ll spin for you.
A man once rode with fire and pride, where Jesse’s gang came to collide.
A quiet soul, a friend to men, this hunt begins about Chip DeMann.
He volunteered his spirit, for truth and history’s plea, a guardian of the past, for all the world to see.
Clue #2 – Aug 28th, 2025 – Thursday.
Time moseyed on, and Chip found his part, playin’ Bob Younger with grit in his heart.
He’d ride into town in a cloud full o’ smoke, such a beacon to us all, while the crowd whooped and joked.
When Labor Day had faded, and autumn air grew keen, Chip shed his quiet demeanor, for a more daring scene.
Into the First National Bank, a robber’s desperate plight, he’d reenact the chaos of that legendary fight
