Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm
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Visit the only working Stagecoach Stop on the Santa Fe Trail! Our new highway signs are on I-35, they help our modern trail travelers find Mahaffie! Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm will be OPEN on Saturday July 4th. Please attend our 19th Century Independence Day Celebration on July 4 from 10am-3pm with FREE admission! Farmers Market will be at the Heritage Center parking lot. There is parking available in the old parking lot of the Mahaffie home for the July 4th event. The gate will be open. Come celebrate America with 19th Century Independence Day! www.olatheks.org/mahaffie/events
For more information call 913.971.5111 or email: mahaffie@olatheks.org Next Event: Kick off your Independence Day weekend on Thursday July 2. Mahaffie will be open at 6:30pm. The Olathe Civic Band will play from 8pm-9pm. 19th Century fireworks will begin around 9:15pm. Bring your lawn chairs, picnic suppers and blankets to kick off your Indepedence Day weekend! Admission is FREE! Stagecoach rides are $2/person ages 3 and up. Open Hours & Admission in June, July and August: Wednesday and Thursday: 10am-4pm, Heritage Center, Mahaffie Home and Grounds $5/adults, $3/children ages 5-11, 4 and under Free. Fridays and Saturdays 10am-4pm and Sunday 12pm-4pm, Heritage Center, Living History program, including stagecoach rides & visiting the Mahaffie home, $6/adults, $4/children ages 5-11, 4 and under, Free Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Historic Site 1200 Kansas City Road Olathe, KS 66061 Driving Directions
What is there to see and do in June, July and August?
Explore the new exhibits in the new Heritage Center. I Knew it was a Fine Country tells the stories of the Mahaffie family, early Olathe and Johnson County, the western trails and stagecoach travel. The exhibit includes a 12 minute film offering more of the site's history. In June, July and August, Farmin' Fridays, Trailside Saturdays and Recreation Sundays offer different activities such as helping with farm chores, learning about travel on the Oregon, California and Santa Fe Trails or playing 19th century games. All activities, including stagecoach rides, are included with the admission! Here are some photos of our crops taken on June 8. Come explore Mahaffie and see how our farm is growing this summer!
Our garden has 19th Century heirloom vegetables.
The corn field has a type of 19th Century corn called Bloody Butcher. The color of the corn is red and the corn is a field corn, which will be fed to our livestock.
Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Historic Site graciously appreciates the support of the Olathe Chamber Convention and Visitors Bureau. |
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Amber Waves of Grain in the front yard of the Mahaffie home! The Spring Wheat is waving in the Kansas wind. JB Mahaffie would be proud. The Corn Field and garden are all growing too. Explore the Mahaffie Grounds on Farmin' Fridays in June to learn more about the crops!
A brand new video Border War Voices allows visitors to learn about what settlers went through during the Border War era. The video was co-produced by Wide Awake Films 
Come help our garden and fields grow! Help water, weed, and as the season goes on, help harvest the bounty! All 
crops and produce will be used in our 19th Century foodways program. When you explore the cellar of the 1865 Mahaffie home, the person cooking on the cookstove will be using what is grown in the garden and fields. When the food is not being used for those programs, we will be preserving the extra, just like the Mahaffie family would have done! Happy Farming!
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