Fishing has always been the great part of the old west. It is truly every cowboy and cowgirl's leisure hobby. The many farm and ranch ponds and spring-fed creeks around Freedom play host to several fishing tournaments big and small during the spring and summer months. Fishing is one of the better ways to "get close to nature". Contact the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Woodward office at 580-254-9173 for license information.
Freedom's "pride and joy" is its annual rodeo held on the third weekend of August. Billed as "The Biggest Open Rodeo in the West," it has been drawing fans and contestants from all across the nation for 50
Freedom, OK RodeosAlabaster Caverns State Park, the largest gypsum cave in the world open to the public, is 3/4 miles long. Its rock and mineral formations can be seen in few other places. Massive boulders of alabaster, a fine-grained mass gypsum, is seen in many colors: pink, white and even a rare black.
Freedom, OK Recreation
This huge slab of Oklahoma granite known as the Cowboy's Memorial is the site of the annual Cimarron Cowboys Association meeting following the chuck wagon feed. It took seven years for the monument to move from thoughts to granite, but in April of 1950, the memorial was dedicated.
Freedom, OK Monuments
This ongoing tradition began way back in the year 1939, when members of the Freedom Chamber of Commerce decided to sponsor a reunion and chuck wagon feed in honor of the old time cowhands of this vast area who braved the perils and hardships of the range in search of their fortune.
Freedom, OK Festivals