Minnesota State Highway 267 is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Murray County Road 4 (Grace Avenue) in Iona and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 30, 1.5 miles west of Slayton.
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Highway 267 serves as a north–south route in southwest Minnesota between Iona and State Highway 30 near Slayton.
John W. Slayton (1861-1935), American socialist lecturer and politician
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Deke Slayton (1924-1993), one of the original 7 Mercury astronauts
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It was made at the request of the crew of the first manned mission of the Apollo program as a tribute to Slayton's work at NASA.
Slayton was the 13th head college football coach for the Howard Payne University Yellow Jackets located in Brownwood, Texas and he held that position for seven seasons, from 1972 until 1978.
Slayton received over 9600 votes in the race, good enough for a third place finish, although well behind the 48,000 garnered by the winning candidate, Republican John K. Tener.