3 Best Landmarks in Olathe, KS

“Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm offers unique experiences and opportunities that engage tourists of all ages in discovering 1860s farming, stagecoach travel, and life on the Kansas frontier. The historic site is known locally as the Mahaffie Farmstead. The historic house has now been converted into a museum and gift shop. The property spans nearly 40 acres. Visitors can explore the exhibits in the Heritage Center and the Agricultural Heritage Livestock Barn. The museum offers daily activities, special programs, and events. The museum offers living history programming videos about the Mahaffie family and the Border/Civil War. Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm offers free admission for children 4 and under.”

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“Olathe Public Library is a multistory building with 46,600 square feet that features a large multi-use room, numerous meeting and study rooms, a rooftop terrace, and a local history collection. The Ladies Reading Circle was the first of the Olathe Federated Women's Clubs and is still active today. Olathe Public Library provides the educational and recreational needs of the community through quality services and resources. They conduct free programs, events, and prizes for all ages. Their mission is to connect with customers along their journeys of discovery, serve as an anchor in the community, encourage lifelong learning, and inspire personal and collective growth. Olathe Public Library enhances the quality of life by fostering knowledge, connections, creativity, and recreation.”

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“Ensor Park & Museum was the home of Jacob and Ida Ensor (pronounced En-zer) and their two children, Marshall and Loretta. Visitors can enjoy an hour-long tour of the vintage 1890s, memory-packed two-story farmhouse and an even older peg barn that showcase tools, farm equipment, radio transmitters and receivers, teaching materials, and beautiful handcrafted objects, including rockers, tables, wine coolers, utensil racks, spinning wheels, an electric scoreboard (for a basketball court), needlework, bowls, coat trees, gavels, and much more. Ensor Park & Museum was recognized as a National Historic Site and a Kansas Historic Place in 2004.”

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