Join the Olathe Historical Society for a special screening of their Emmy-award winning documentary Olathe: The City Beautiful. In each program, we will watch segments of the film and hear from local speakers who will share more of Olathe's fascinating history. On September 13 segments include:

A Place Called Home: In 1857, JB and Lucinda Mahaffie came to Kansas in search of a farm. Settling in Olathe along the Santa Fe Trail, the Mahaffies braved the volatile Kansas/Missouri border and established a successful farm and stagecoach stop that still stands today.

The Bricklayer: He could lay over 40,000 bricks in a single day and in 1925 he paved the new Kansas/Olathe highway. James Garfield Brown would finish the highway in Olathe to a grand celebration and a world record.

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