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Freedom’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Freedom. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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On September 13 and 14, 1878, the Battle of Turkey Springs was fought approximately ten miles northeast of present-day Freedom. It was the last known encounter between the United States Cavalry and American Indians in Oklahoma.

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Famous people close to Freedom

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JWJames WorkmanWoodward · 29 miTroy RuttmanTroy RuttmanMooreland · 23 miJack GingJack GingAlva · 25 miWayne GlasgowWayne GlasgowDacoma · 31 miOlin Earl TeagueOlin Earl TeagueWoodward · 29 miBob FenimoreBob FenimoreWoodward · 29 mi
By decade

Freedom, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today5 photos
Sign pointing to Enid, Freedom, and Alabaster Caverns along highway 412CommonsSign pointing to Enid, Freedom, and Alabaster Caverns along…2021The Station inCommonsThe Station in2011DowntownCommonsDowntown2011Cimmaron Cowboys MuseumCommonsCimmaron Cowboys Museum2011Catlemans Cafe and Water TowerCommonsCatlemans Cafe and Water Tower2011
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Freedom is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Freedom has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Waynoka Sante Fe Depot and Harvey House in Waynoka, 18 miles away.

Freedom and the nearest listed places

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Waynoka Sante Fe Depot and Harvey HouseWaynoka Telephone Exchange BuildingFirst Congregational ChurchPage SoddyNickel Ensor McClure HouseScience Hall

Closest to Freedom

Waynoka Sante Fe Depot and Harvey HouseWaynoka · Building18miWaynoka Telephone Exchange BuildingWaynoka · Building18.1miFirst Congregational ChurchWaynoka · Building18.1miPage SoddySelman · Built 190224.1miNickel Ensor McClure HouseAlva · Built 190924.1mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Waynoka Sante Fe Depot and Harvey House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Freedom?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Freedom’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Waynoka📜 Mooreland📜 Aetna📜 Avilla

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