Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm
Visit the only working Stagecoach Stop left on the Santa Fe Trail! 
Mahaffie is a certified site on the Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Open Hours: Wednesday-Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 12pm-4pm. Enter the site through the new Heritage Center! Call 913.971.5111 for the latest activities! Admission: Wednesday & Thursday: $4/adults & $3/children ages 5-12 Friday-Sunday $5/adults and $4/children ages 5-12, admission includes a stagecoach ride and the living history demonstrations! Mark your calendars for September 27 and September 28 for the Wild West Show and Bullwhacker Days featuring Charro Jerry Diaz! Lots of entertainment and children's activities make this a fun and family friendly event! Special thanks to our sponsors: Dos Mundos Newspaper and Radio, Olathe Ford, the Kansas City Star, the Olathe News.
Olathe residents receive a $1 off admission with proof of residency.
We are closed on Mondays & Tuesdays What is there to see and do? Explore the new exhibits in the new Heritage Center. Pick up our new Children's Discovery guide to help with your visit, the whole family can help! I Knew it was a Fine Country
Includes stories of the Mahaffie family, early Olathe and Johnson County, the western trails and stagecoach travel. Visit Chalk Talk: the First 100 Years of Public Education in Olathe in the new Heritage Center too! The exhibit is part of the Olathe Historical Society.
Investigate the 1865 Mahaffie farmhouse, built with a kitchen and dining room in the cellar to serve as a stagecoach stop and wayside rest for travelers. When you visit on weekends, someone may be cooking in Mrs. Mahaffie's cellar. You may be asked to help out! Friday, July 11 through Sunday August 17: Get your Hands into History!
Farmin' Fridays: There is plenty of work to do on the farm! The chores vary week to week but you might have to help with laundry, grinding corn, gardening, cutting wood, or cooking on the stove.
Trailside Saturdays: Life on the Trail isn't for the faint of heart. The tasks vary week to week but you might explore our prairie schooner, see how to take off a wagon wheel for repair, help cook over the open fire, or watch bullet molding as it was done at Lone Elm Campground.
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Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Historic Site
Fun on Sundays: Sundays were a time of rest for many 19th Century families. Join us for a game of croquet or baseball by 19th century rules, discover some fun, indoor parlor games or just sit on the porch and play a game of checkers. Games and activities will vary week to week.
