Claremore Museum of History adding Route 66 themed Legacy Garden honoring local icons

The Oklahoma Route 66 Commission has awarded the Claremore Museum of History $504,000 to build a "Legacy Garden" with life-size statues of notable natives, including singer Patti Page, astronaut Stuart Roosa and playwright Lynn Riggs.

Friday, May 30th 2025, 8:11 pm

By: Emory Bryan

CLAREMORE, Okla. -

The Claremore Museum of History plans to build a "Legacy Garden" in front of the museum, as it begins to make plans for major building expansion.

The Oklahoma Route 66 Commission awarded the Museum $504,000 in a Revitalization grant for the project, in the run-up to the Centennial of Route 66 in 2026. The award came in the third round of approvals for the grants.

A grant awarded under the same program is funding a sign installation and small park in Bristow.

The museum already has mock-ups for statues of playwright Lynn Riggs and singer Patti Page, in addition to a completed statue of Andy Payne, a runner famous for winning the "Bunion Derby" along Route 66. The next statues for the garden will be astronaut Stuart Roosa and philanthropist Helen Walton.

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Emory Bryan

Emory Bryan is a general assignment reporter for News On 6. He began his news career covering the school board for his hometown radio station and worked on the newspaper staff in college before making the switch to television. Emory joined the News On 6 team in 1994.