FIRST Bristow Man Killed in WWI - Bristow, OK
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N 35° 49.972 W 096° 24.060
14S E 734760 N 3968529
Klingensmith Park is named for Cpl. Peter W. Klingensmith.
Waymark Code: WMZXJD
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2019
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Klingensmith Park is a large city park on the west side of Bristow, well used for many community events. The park was developed in the mid 1930's as a New Deal project. The park is named for Cpl. Peter Willis Klingensmith (3/19/1895 - 10/24/1918), who was the FIRST Bristow resident to lose his life in World War I. He died on the battlefields in France and is buried in nearby Bristow Cemetery
A granite plaque is mounted on a brick and stone wall at the top of the stairs at the eastern entrance to the park. It reads:
Klingensmith Park
Named in honor of
Pete Klingensmith
The first Bristow man
Killed in World War I
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