The Selman Living Laboratory is a field station administered by the Department of Biology at the University of Central Oklahoma. The Selman Living Laboratory promotes research and education in the biology of western ecosystems, cave biology, astronomy, and archaeology through hands-on experience. For more information and to learn about "Bat Watch Tours" and "Star-Gazing on the Prairie" go to www.uco.edu/cms/sll/
A series of outdoor murals throughout downtown Freedom depicts the area's significance. One inspirational mural entitled, "Posting The Colors" was created by western artist, Jack J. Wells, PRCAA.
Freedom, OK Arts
Alabaster 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
The Freedom Museum is one of the most popular places of interest in this area. The museum houses one of the most extensive collections of late 1800s and early 1900
Freedom, OK Museums
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
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 RodeosIn the 1920s, Lew Wentz was the owner of the largest one-man oil company in the world. but to many Ponca City children, he wa...