Harkin's General Store
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Harkin's General Store is all that remains of West Newton
, in Nicollet County
, Minnesota
. Most of the stock was left when the store was closed and abandoned, and remains today as a museum operated by the Minnesota Historical Society
.
West Newton, Minnesota
West Newton is an abandoned townsite on the Minnesota River in West Newton Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States.-History:West Newton was named in part to honor James Newton, an early settler who emigrated from Kentucky, and partly to honor the steamboat West Newton, which was built...
, in Nicollet County
Nicollet County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 29,771 people, 10,642 households, and 7,311 families residing in the county. The population density was 66 people per square mile . There were 11,240 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. Most of the stock was left when the store was closed and abandoned, and remains today as a museum operated by the Minnesota Historical Society
Minnesota Historical Society
The Minnesota Historical Society is a private, non-profit educational and cultural institution dedicated to preserving the history of the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was founded by the territorial legislature in 1849, almost a decade before statehood. The Society is named in the Minnesota...
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External links
- Harkin Store at the Minnesota Historical Society
- Harkin's Historic Store