Princeton Historical Society - Preserving History For Over 75 Years

The Princeton Historical Society is pleased to announce that their Scavenger Hunt for Princeton Historical Locations, has been updated for 2024.This is a clue-based and mobile device activity, where you will use the provided cryptic clues on a Game Card to find various historical locations that played a significant role in Princeton’s history. As a last resort, we have included each locations longitude/latitude coordinates to help you zero in on each location.We now have 31 sites, which we challenge you to find using a game card that you can pick up at the Library Circulation Desk or off our website at;www.princetonmahistory.org/can-you-find/Once you arrive at a location, you need to search to find a 9×6 sign on a stake or tree, on which you will find printed; Princeton Historical Society, a QR code, and the PHS website URL. Use your mobile device’s camera to scan the QR code. This should load/display a PDF which describes and displays circa 1900 images of the location you have found. Read/scroll to the bottom of this PDF and record the red keyword you find in to the empty space on your Game Card. We suggest you save/email this document to yourself to possibly print/read thoroughly at a later time.
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Preserving History For Over 75 Years

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