Harkin Store
Address:
Nicollet County Highway 21
P.O. Box 112, New Ulm MN 56073
Admission: $3 adults, $2 seniors, college students and children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under and MHS members.
Phone: 507-354-8666
Email:
harkinstore@mnhs.org
Website: http://www.mnhs.org/harkinstore
Savor the smells and sights of an 1870s general store as you sample the wares or try a game of checkers. Chat with the costumed staff, or sit on the porch and envision a steamboat plying the river below.
When the railroad passed by the small town of West Newton, the store was forced to close with much of the unsold inventory still on the shelves, where it remains today. The site is managed by the Nicollet County Historical Society.
