Editing Loyal, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
A large share of the early settlers being natives of Germany, the original name of the settlement was "[[Kiel]]", after the city in northern Germany.<ref>{{cite book|last=McIntyre|first=Glen V.|title=Kingfisher and Kingfisher County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZpTDFLCsMIC&pg=PA9|date=February 4, 2009|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4396-2120-2|page=9}}</ref> In 1917 following American entry into World War I, the name was changed to "Loyal" due to rampant [[anti-German sentiment]].<ref>[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/L/LO024.html Loyal at Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture]</ref> Some direct descendants of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] lived in Loyal, through his eldest son [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]] and his illegitimate grandchild.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wolff |first=Christoph |date=2003 |title=Descendants of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach in the United States |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctvvng36.11?seq=7 |journal=Bach Perspectives}}</ref> The street Friedemann Avenue is named after this family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project PHILIPPE DU CHATEAU |url=https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/DuChateau-Philippe.pdf}}</ref>