Andrew Hartley Payne (1907 - 1977) won the 1928 Great Transcontinental Footrace, which began in Los Angeles on 3/4/28 and ended 3,422.3 miles later in NYC on 5/26/28. Of Cherokee ancestry, Andy graduated from Foyil High School, served 36 years as Clerk of Oklahoma Supreme Court, earned a law degree from Oklahoma City University, and served in the U.S. Army.