Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm

 Visit the only working Stagecoach Stop on the Santa Fe Trail!  

Mahaffie is a certified site on the Santa Fe National Historic Trail

For more information call 913.971.5111 or email: mahaffie@olatheks.org  

Next Event: Christmas Open House, Saturday Dec. 6, www.olatheks.org/mahaffie/events

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

Driving Directions

Open Hours:  Wednesday-Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 12pm-4pm. Enter the site through the new Heritage Center! 

Admission: $3/adults & $2/children ages 5-12 (weekdays Heritage Center and grounds)

$4/adults & $3/children ages 5-12 (weekends-Heritage Center and grounds. The Mahaffie Home is open on weekends) 

Olathe residents receive a $1 off admission with proof of residency.

Mahaffie will be closed November 27-30, December 24-28, and December 31-January 2 for the holidays.  

Reservations for groups may be made on Mondays & Tuesdays.

What is there to see and do in November?

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.

The Olathe Historical Society's latest exhibit focuses on elections and electioneering in Johnson County.

Explore the historic grounds. Interpretive signs tell more of the story of the Mahaffie family, their farm, and the stagecoach stop and inn operations. You'll discover the original 1865 farmhouse, ice house, and barn with other, reconstructed buildings as well as our period livestock including horses, oxen,sheep, goats and chickens.

The Mahaffie home is open to visit on weekends. Check out the kitchen and dining room in the cellar of the home, where Mrs. Mahaffie and her daughters and hiredhelpers served meals to stagecoach passengers and other travelers.

You will find other activities and programs taking place on special days throughout the winter.

Kids can pick up one of our new Discovery guides. The family can help find the answers.

Here are a few photos of our guests enjoying their experience at Mahaffie this past year.