Mi. 66.5 Taylor Hwy., Eagle, Alaska. County/parish: Southeast Fairbanks.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 30, 2001. NRIS 01001053.
15 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Chicken Historic District encompasses part of the historic mining district of Chicken in the US state of Alaska. The roughly 3 acres (1.2 ha) area along the Taylor Highway preserves about 15 wood-frame and log buildings erected between 1908 and 1967 during the town’s gold-mining peak. It includes bunkhouses, roadhouses, and sections of the historic pipeline that carried water from Mosquito Creek for mining operations. The "Pedro Dredge", originally built in 1938, transferred to Chicken in 1959, and used until 1967, was moved to its current site in 1998. In 2006, it gained individual listing on the National Register of Historic Places and now forms the centerpiece of Chicken Gold Camp, drawing heritage tourism.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75325793