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A Historical Scavenger Hunt in East Hampton Village

Thu, 01/21/2021 - 07:01
The Osborn-Jackson House serves as the headquarters for the East Hampton Historical Society.
Christine Sampson

East Hampton Village will host a scavenger hunt having to do with village history on Saturday.

"We tried to come up with something fun during Covid," Mayor Jerry Larsen said, and this led to his researching nine questions that will make up the hunt. "They've all been Hugh King-approved," he said of the accuracy of the questions, which Mr. King, the East Hampton Town historian, has been prerecorded reading.

Players can sign up by emailing [email protected] to receive their first clue at noon on Saturday. To receive the next clues, players will drive to the location that they believe is the correct answer and then send a photo of themselves in front of the building, sign, or location.

The nine clues are not a race and will take about an hour and a half to complete between noon and 4 p.m. At 5, the final clue, which does not require scavengers to go anywhere, will be released. The first team to send the correct answer to the last question will win a gift certificate.

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