Back in the 1870s, long before Arizona achieved statehood, the Freeman family was putting down roots in an area known as Lehi, situated in the Sonoran Desert, with an eye toward agriculture.
“My grandchildren are the sixth generation here,” says Lewis Freeman, president and owner, Lehi Valley Trading Co., Mesa, AZ. “Our family has farmed here ever since.” Cotton was the choice of crop in this land of abundant sunshine. The Freeman family—like its cotton fields—grew and flourished.