Jamestown  (CSi)  At the Jamestown Tourism monthly full board meeting, another means to draw tourists and local individuals to the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse and Downtown Jamestown was discussed.

An Escape Room in the basement of the old sheriff’s apartment and jail cell adjacent to the 1883 Courthouse, was again discussed.

Jamestown Tourism is interested in supporting the escape room game, where players compete against each other solving a series of puzzles that will lead to freedom and occasionally, prizes. Jamestown Tourism is interested in supporting starting a game at the courthouse that would then be operated the courthouse staff as outlined by Courthouse Site Supervisor, Steve Reidburn.

The game requires a space, to hold it, along with a book of clues, technical document, and could consist of several puzzles, for possible multiple participating groups.

Individuals acting as historical characters could be included.

Jamestown Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund, pointed out that escape rooms are popular and another means of visiting it.

Tourism President, Matt Woods, and board member Tena Lawrence said, the game could be inclusive of other areas of Jamestown of interest, along with using historical information about the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse.

Woods added that the goal is to bring tourists and local people to Downtown Jamestown and 1883 Courthouse.