Wagon master Ralph Goldsmith, shown here on the grounds of the Bingham-Waggoner Estate with one of his mule teams and tour wagon, started Pioneer Trails Adventures in 1999 and has taken thousands of tourists and school children on educational tours around central Independence. The Jackson County Historical Society honored Goldsmith at its recent annual dinner. [Photo courtesy of Pioneer Trails Adventures]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net Several times, Gloria Smith has ridden along on a school field trip for one of Ralph Goldsmith’s educational wagon tours near…
