Steve Euritt, president of the Bingham-Waggoner Historical Society, points out the portrait in the historic Independence house, painted by George Caleb Bingham in the mid-1800s, that the organization is hoping to restore and preserve. [Mike Genet/The Examiner]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net The Bingham-Waggoner Historical Society has started a restoration fund to maintain the collection of paintings that adorn the walls of the…