INDEPENDENCE, MO

The Bingham-Waggoner Estate, built in 1852 along the Santa Fe Trail, now stands on 19.5 acres just South of the Historic Independence Square. Artist and politician George Caleb Bingham purchased the estate shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Bingham's political views, particularly his opposition to Order Number Eleven, influenced him artistically to create visual representations of his stance on the issues of the day. It was on this estate that he created some of his most famous paintings. The estate's original furniture and décor, as well as Bingham's artwork, transport visitors back to the tumultuous years in the late 1800s.

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