A little rain didn't bring anyone down atMonday's 150 celebration in Lehighton.

More than 40 people came out to take part in a scavenger hunt around downtown Lehighton. About 16 teams answered trivia questions at various historic sites in town.Teamshad an hour and a half to follow clues to eight places that no longer exist.A volunteer was waiting to give a token or a pin with a picture of a historical site to the team, and for two bonus tokens, the volunteer asked a trivia question about the historic site."We just wanted to do it for fun," said Jennifer Mease, who brought her daughter from Kutztown to join the rest of her family who live in Lehighton, to compete in the scavenger hunt.Participants could either go around town on foot or bike, and could phone a friend for help, and use the Internet for guidance.The team with the most points won, and everyone had to be back at the Pfc. Houser Jr. building by 6:45 p.m. or be disqualified.The first stop that everyone rushed to was in front of the annex, where Lehighton's first high school, Second Ward School, was located.Students who attended this school only needed three years to graduate.However, some people thought it smarter to save this stop for last.Next, many teams went to where Bright's Department store was located, now Lehighton Elderly. The store was the first to have elevators and escalators.The old library was another stop in town, where books were passed in a human-made assembly line to the new library.Tom Schaeffer, retired chemistry teacher from the Lehighton Area High School, lives here and passed on this bit of history to participants, along with a few extra pins to team members, many of whom he had as students.Next, many people trekked to the Colonial Court mansion, which was brought to Lehighton by T.A. Snyder by rail from Buffalo, New York and assembled in its current locationFamous painter Franz Kline's home followed on the route, followed by the American Legion Post 314, which was the Blakeslee House, and was intended to be a hospital.The last stops included Haas' Store, which closed its doors in 1996; the Lehighton Band Shell, now the Lehighton Municipal Building, which sits on Constitution Avenue, known to be the shortest road in Lehighton.Everyone made it back to the annex and waited for Autumn Abelovsky, who was in charge of the event, to tally up the points.Mease said the hardest part was the rain, which also made it "different and exciting," and that "going together, having fun on the walk and learning history" was the best part about the scavenger hunt.Winners of the hunt were Joe Flickinger, first; Dawn and Samantha Bowman, second; and Carter and Joe Eckman, third.Abelovsky was pleased by the turnout and said, "We were so happy to have a turnout of over 40 contestants in the Sesquicentennial Scavenger Hunt, despite the downpour of rain. However, the rain seemed to make it even more fun."All-in-all, the scavenger hunt was a fun, wet time for all who participated.