The Claremore Museum of History in Claremore, Oklahoma, plans to place a life-size statue of local athlete Andy Payne at Lynn Riggs Park, also known as Gazebo Park, a few blocks east of Route 66. The Claremore Daily Progress reported a new exhibit, "The Andy Payne Family Collection," donated by Payne's daughter, will be shown in the museum this fall. Payne, a Cherokee Indian resident of nearby Foyil, Oklahoma, won the 3,400-mile International Trans-Continental Footrace in 1928, much which took place on a fledgling U.S. 66. He earned $25,000 for winning the race in 573 hours, 4 minutes, 34 seconds - a pace of 6 miles per hour.
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