The “Lost Chicken Dredge” in the Mosquito Fork of the 40-Mile River, these Dredges were not part of the first boom, but appeared in the 50’s and 60’s as part of the larger mining operations We want to explain what brought people to this remote region in the first place. Since I have now started writing a few novels and novellas set in the interior of Alaska, in the region that Ray and I call home during the summer months, we decided to put together a timeline of sorts. When we were out here in April, we still had to feet of snow. I have posted from time to time about how Chicken came to be named Chicken, and about our development of our little piece of paradise away from it all. I’ll explain some other blog.Īs many of you who follow me know, we have a cabin in the interior of Alaska in a little community called Chicken. Yes, that is a rubber chicken on the outhouse. My next post will talk about some of the amenities available in the region (hint: there aren’t many). This post is about the general history of the area (and partly how Ray and I came to have a cabin out there). In honor of mine and DK’s collaboration, I decided to repost a few of my older blogs about the history and background of Chicken, AK. You can see the ground cover we have gotten to come back in the foreground. My husband Ray, and My father-in-law Shep, standing near one of our few big trees.
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