page_title: Harkin's General Store
section_title: External links
hierarchical_section_title: Harkin's General Store / External links
caption_attribution_description: Harkin Store, New Ulm, MN, USA This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 73000989
context_page_description: Harkin's General Store is all that remains of West Newton, in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. Alexander Harkin opened the store as combination general store and post office in 1867 in the growing town of West Newton. The town fell into decline after four years of locust swarms devastated southern Minnesota, and the railroad extended away from West Newton. The store finally closed its doors in 1901.
  Most of the stock was left when the store was closed and abandoned, and remains today as a museum managed by the Nicollet County Historical Society in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society.
context_section_description: Minnesota Historical Society: Harkin Store
  Nicollet Historical Society: Harkin Store
  Harkin's Historic Store
caption: Interior of Harkin's General Store
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