Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm

Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm is now open on weekends! Please enter the historic site at the new Heritage Center at Mahaffie, located at 1200 Kansas City Road, Olathe, KS.  Tour the new exhibit, I Knew It Was a Fine County and visit the exhibit Chalk Talk  in the Olathe Historical Society exhibit gallery. Admission includes a visit to the historic Mahaffie Home for cooking demonstrations in the cellar, a stagecoach ride during the weekends and other living history activities. Please call to verify for the latest activities.

The stagecoach will operate on Sunday April 27 from 12:30pm-3:30pm.  

Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Historic Site
1200 Kansas City Road
Olathe, KS 66061

(913) 971-5111
(913) 971-5114 (fax)
mahaffie@olatheks.org

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Open hours, living history activities, special events and programs, and stagecoach operations vary seasonally. The Mahaffie home is open for tours:

May through October
Wednesdays through Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Mondays and Tuesdays: Closed

April and November through December 14
Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Weekdays: Closed

• Also open for groups by appointment

Join us for Civil War on the Border, Saturday 19 and Sunday April 20

Join us for the 12th Annual Civil War on the Border, recognized by the American Bus Association as a Top 100 Event in North America. Cavalry, infantry and artillery units representing Union and Confederate forces encamp throughout the weekend. An afternoon battle each day in Stagecoach Park highlights the Border War and Civil War on the Kansas Missouri Border in the 1860s.

olatheks.org/Mahaffie/CWOTB

Scheduled to appear is the Fort Riley Commanding General's Color Guard

Special thanks to our sponsors: Comfort Suites of Olathe, the Olathe News, the Kansas City Star and Price Chopper South of Olathe.

The new Heritage Center at Mahaffie is now open.  Please call (913) 971-5111 for up to date information about fees.

Feeding Time
Thursdays June thru August: 3 p.m.
Come and learn how the Mahaffie family cared for their livestock in the past, and how we care for our animals today. Help feed the chickens! $1/person.

Call 913-971-5111 for more information.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm Historic Site is the last remaining stagecoach stop on the historic Santa Fe Trail still open to the public. Three original buildings are preserved: The Mahaffie Family Home/Stagecoach Stop, two-story Ice House, and Wood Peg Barn. Other buildings include a large livestock barn, a 20th-century implement barn made from two wooden railroad boxcars, reproduction blacksmith shop and smokehouse, and a maintenance building that houses public restrooms.