Finding Freedom

Last Saturday we took a day trip to Sanpete County in the State of Utah. We were on a mission. Clarese had seen a town called Freedom on a map, it was wedged between two other towns called Jerusalem and Wales. We decided we needed to visit Freedom. Freedom just happened to be in Sanpete County. It was quite the adventure. Freedom was so small we drove right by it without noticing. After being lost for some time, we finally stopped for directions at the Burger Bar in Fountain Green. A kind old lady, wearing a Jazz hat, gave us directions. Soon afterwards we found ourselves in Wales. The only thing in Wales was a bunch of houses. There was no city center of any kind. The only indication we were even in Wales was the sign situated 50 yards before the houses. Deciding we had experienced enough of Wales we moved on. We found Freedom next. Surprisingly Freedom was even smaller than Wales. Almost the entire populace of Freedom was found in a Cemetery.The only thing in Freedom was the cemetery and a turkey farm. We stopped, took some pictures and moved on to Jerusalem. True to form, Jerusalem was even smaller. Actually I don't know if you can really call it smaller. The only thing we found in Jerusalem was a dead end. While we were in Freedom we picked up a packet from the cemetery. The packet had the entire history of Freedom. Originally Freedom was called Draper. But when the town wanted a post office the state made them change their name. (There was already a Draper Ut, just south of Salt Lake). So the Draper brothers (the populace of Draper) decided to call their town Freedom. They called it Freedom because they felt free. And they wanted to always be able to do what they wanted. The packet of information turned out to be pretty neat. It had some excellent descriptions of Freedom. At one point they described it as "the garden of Eden". At one point there were almost two hundred residents in Freedom. That was during the polygamy days. After polygamy died out, so did most of the residents. Those that didn't die, moved away. One day I want to find my Freedom. Hopefully it will be my little "garden of Eden".