Chicken, Alaska-The last of the old frontier Alaska

Chicken is located 80 miles from Tok, Alaska, Population 21 in summer and 6 in winter. Although remote, Chicken is getting more and more traffic each year as the Klondike Loop grows in popularity. There is no city water, sewer or electric service in Chicken. However, it does have wells, generators and outhouses. Chicken was supposedly named by early miners who wanted to name their camp ptarmigan, but were unable to spell it and settled instead for chicken, the common name in the North for ptarmigan.
The older part of Chicken consists of restaurant, mercantile and salon. There are a couple of campgrounds, which we did not stay in, and a post office, which we didn't see. Early Chicken is best portrayed in a book "Tisha" which we read after we visited Chicken.