Dispatch
Thereâs Treasure in These Here Hills, but Youâll Have to Solve the Clues to Find It
Can you solve our press-themed puzzle?
By
Julia Silverman
3/16/2021 at 1:00pm
Published in the March 2021 issue of
Portland Monthly
When he was growing up in Texas, Joe Gantt says his family never flew anywhere for vacation. Instead, they took to the open road. Gantt, now a professor of rhetoric and media studies at Lewis & Clark College in Southwest Portland, would bury himself in books of logic puzzles to stay entertained. That early obsession fueled his rise as the social director of Portlandâs semi-underground treasure hunting community.