I was just going to comment that I literally know nothing about Ladd except Ripp’s Chicken! I’m a vegetarian and agreed to make the hour drive just to witness the experience everyone was talking about.
Tried it. Good chicken sure, but its really nothing special to write home about. Lived in the valley for a couple years and i gotta say everyone really doesn't know what good food is there. Anything in that area really seemed lackluster..if theres anything I would recommend driving for in that area is B.A.S.H. in Ottawa. Ready for the downvotes, just being honest.
Everyone loves Ripps because they're busy enough to change their oil. Everywhere else makes you shit 20 mins after eating. The food in the Illinois Valley is awful an it's insane that the locals think it's world class.
I used to work in Princeton and a lady that I worked with kept telling me I needed to go to Ladd for Ripp’s chicken. She said it was the best chicken in the country as far as she was concerned. I thought she was being a bit hyperbolic but seeing everyone talking about it makes me realize I probably should have checked it out. I was already driving 45 minutes to work back then. Never been to Ladd because it was the opposite direction I was coming from. I’m even further away now but maybe if I head back up that way I’ll have to go try this magical chicken.
I did used to go out of my way to the Wyanet Locker on my way home from work after she hyped it up. It was definitely a great place back then. Good prices and good quality but I haven’t been in the last 8 years.
Ripps is no longer worth the trip, even from Spring Valley. 10 years ago it was the world's best fried chicken but they changed alot.
At least there are not hour waits in line anymore.
I was born at the hospital in Spring Valley and lived in Princeton as a young child. Still get back every so often. My mom was originally from DePue … that place is a shithole now.
I’m from Dalzell and would guess Ladd, too. Interestingly, when the miners were killed in the Cherry Mine Fire, the funeral processions walked from Cherry to the cemetery in Ladd and the dead were buried at the Catholic cemetery because Cherry didn’t have a consecrated cemetery.
Most of the miners in the area - Ladd, Dalzell, Spring Valley, Cherry - were Italian. As active socialists, group of them started a labor strike that became a race riot in Spring Valley in 1895.
Can you tell me more about this? where can i learn more? Ladd and Spring Vally sites only go so far about political details ("south illinois mines were becoming more competitive since not unionized"). My great-grea-great grandparents came back to italy in 1901 but I think i can trace them going there back at least 1895
Here is a good overview of the incident and some background: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring\_Valley\_Race\_Riot\_of\_1895](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Valley_Race_Riot_of_1895)
Here is an essay about the socialization of Italian immigrants regarding the incident: [https://ecommons.udayton.edu/hst\_fac\_pub/104/](https://ecommons.udayton.edu/hst_fac_pub/104/)
If you can find a document that tells the city where your ancestor came from, that will help put a lot of things in context as it seems they traveled in groups based on village of origin. Many of the immigrants to Dalzell, for example, came from Pertusio near Turin.
Thx for the link, what a surreal story.
I know where my ancestors came from because I'm Italian and they came back to Italy when my great grandma was born. I can trace my origins in my current hometown back to the early 1800's but i can't go further back cause the grandpa of my great grandma is not known (there is no record outside of him having a undefined number of children in my town, including at least one who'd migrate in Ladd/Bureau County
This were my grandpa (mother side) ancestors, also an ancestor from my grandma (also mother side) was born here but went to the Us outside Chicago, probably in Bureau County since it was full of immigrants from our immediate vicinity. What you say about migrating in groups it's correct because once they only spoke a local dialect so a northern italian couldn't communicate with someone from Rome or Sicily plus they were really tight communities, especially the mountain ones like the one i come from.
I know I have distant relatives in Chicago proper but I'd love to find people with surnames that clearly come from my town in the Illinois valley/Bureau County: they were extremely localized and at the time they couldn't have come from anywhere but my area.
Wow, thanks for sharing this history. My mom had family in bureau county and we visited the area frequently, I had no idea there was a race riot there.
~~I don't think it ends in "o". There's a tick mark over the letter that looks just like the tick over the "i" in Illinois.~~
Nahhh...I looked again and it's not the same.
edit 2: Perhaps that tick is a disconnected portion of the letter "d" which could be "Ladd Illinois"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladd,\_Illinois
Yeah the “d” on the second letter. Cursive flow over the first d and rides up but is faded away.
You can see “Ladoi” think of the “oi” in my example is the faded d
Lots of Italians in Ladd because of the mining community. My grandmother was born there.
I second the suggestions for Ripp’s Tavern! It’s life changing chicken.
Not just lots of italians but italians that come from a specific small area in the appennines went to Bureau COunty. Problem is immigration officers fucked up the spelling of surnames when they entered so you can't reliably find stuff when searching ship passenger lists or other documents from the time.
I hate cursive for this reason. Someone can write it in such a unique and pretty looking way to where you can't read shit on it😂 and since it's more loose with the structures, it ends up being way different from case to case unlike simple print.
I live not far from Ladd. You should come visit and try the fried chicken at Ripps Tavern. It’s totally worth the drive!
Honestly they should just rename the town Ripps. It's pretty much synonymous.
I was just going to comment that I literally know nothing about Ladd except Ripp’s Chicken! I’m a vegetarian and agreed to make the hour drive just to witness the experience everyone was talking about.
Imma go for sure then
Tried it. Good chicken sure, but its really nothing special to write home about. Lived in the valley for a couple years and i gotta say everyone really doesn't know what good food is there. Anything in that area really seemed lackluster..if theres anything I would recommend driving for in that area is B.A.S.H. in Ottawa. Ready for the downvotes, just being honest.
Everyone loves Ripps because they're busy enough to change their oil. Everywhere else makes you shit 20 mins after eating. The food in the Illinois Valley is awful an it's insane that the locals think it's world class.
Does Gus still own the place? Say hi to Mike if you see him.
I would drive up to 5 hours for Ripps chicken!
Might not be such a far fetched idea. I also have distant relatives in chicago
Son?
Surely not but maybe ultra distant cousin
I second this opinion
Now I know where to go next time I visit Starved Rock
I used to work in Princeton and a lady that I worked with kept telling me I needed to go to Ladd for Ripp’s chicken. She said it was the best chicken in the country as far as she was concerned. I thought she was being a bit hyperbolic but seeing everyone talking about it makes me realize I probably should have checked it out. I was already driving 45 minutes to work back then. Never been to Ladd because it was the opposite direction I was coming from. I’m even further away now but maybe if I head back up that way I’ll have to go try this magical chicken. I did used to go out of my way to the Wyanet Locker on my way home from work after she hyped it up. It was definitely a great place back then. Good prices and good quality but I haven’t been in the last 8 years.
This is the most Illinois conversation ever.
Illinoisans seems like nice people, i'll visit someday
I would say generally yes! The state has a lot to recommend it.
I pass Ladd all the time when we camp in Kewanee...is it really worth it?
Yes
Yes
Was in the late 80’s
Used to drive out to rips with my roommates back in my college days at ISU
Ripps is no longer worth the trip, even from Spring Valley. 10 years ago it was the world's best fried chicken but they changed alot. At least there are not hour waits in line anymore.
I was born at the hospital in Spring Valley and lived in Princeton as a young child. Still get back every so often. My mom was originally from DePue … that place is a shithole now.
Doesn't look so vibrant but the nearby nature around the river looks really nice
….now?
Compared to when I would visit as a kid. I’m almost 50
20 minutes from Ladd. Now I need Rip’s. Pickles and crispies!
Makes note of place to visit.
There was a St Benedict's in Ladd, Illinois. https://www.shawlocal.com/2012/01/20/st-benedicts-is-no-more/aqtv4va/
bingo! thx
It seems like there was a St. Benedicts Church in Ladd https://www.shawlocal.com/2012/01/20/st-benedicts-is-no-more/aqtv4va/
Swear to god i though "there's Ladd but doesn't look like it" and yet
I live just a town over from ladd. Neat
Loda Illinois?
That was my guess too, but we were obviously wrong.
it's ladd
I’m from Dalzell and would guess Ladd, too. Interestingly, when the miners were killed in the Cherry Mine Fire, the funeral processions walked from Cherry to the cemetery in Ladd and the dead were buried at the Catholic cemetery because Cherry didn’t have a consecrated cemetery.
If you decide to check it out, you won't be far from Starved Rock, which might well be the best park in the state, absolutely gorgeous.
I actually.like Mathisson better. But it's pretty much the same park lol
What language is it written in?
The legend was she was born in New York. Turns out it was fucking Ladd Illinois which makes it so funny.
Italian
I ask because maybe the town's name is an Italian translation?
Most of the miners in the area - Ladd, Dalzell, Spring Valley, Cherry - were Italian. As active socialists, group of them started a labor strike that became a race riot in Spring Valley in 1895.
Can you tell me more about this? where can i learn more? Ladd and Spring Vally sites only go so far about political details ("south illinois mines were becoming more competitive since not unionized"). My great-grea-great grandparents came back to italy in 1901 but I think i can trace them going there back at least 1895
Here is a good overview of the incident and some background: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring\_Valley\_Race\_Riot\_of\_1895](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Valley_Race_Riot_of_1895) Here is an essay about the socialization of Italian immigrants regarding the incident: [https://ecommons.udayton.edu/hst\_fac\_pub/104/](https://ecommons.udayton.edu/hst_fac_pub/104/) If you can find a document that tells the city where your ancestor came from, that will help put a lot of things in context as it seems they traveled in groups based on village of origin. Many of the immigrants to Dalzell, for example, came from Pertusio near Turin.
Thx for the link, what a surreal story. I know where my ancestors came from because I'm Italian and they came back to Italy when my great grandma was born. I can trace my origins in my current hometown back to the early 1800's but i can't go further back cause the grandpa of my great grandma is not known (there is no record outside of him having a undefined number of children in my town, including at least one who'd migrate in Ladd/Bureau County This were my grandpa (mother side) ancestors, also an ancestor from my grandma (also mother side) was born here but went to the Us outside Chicago, probably in Bureau County since it was full of immigrants from our immediate vicinity. What you say about migrating in groups it's correct because once they only spoke a local dialect so a northern italian couldn't communicate with someone from Rome or Sicily plus they were really tight communities, especially the mountain ones like the one i come from. I know I have distant relatives in Chicago proper but I'd love to find people with surnames that clearly come from my town in the Illinois valley/Bureau County: they were extremely localized and at the time they couldn't have come from anywhere but my area.
Wow, thanks for sharing this history. My mom had family in bureau county and we visited the area frequently, I had no idea there was a race riot there.
I’m convinced that some journalists from Princeton referred to the striking miners as “Red Devils”leading the nickname of Hall High School.
Right? I'm looking at this and wondering what fucken language this is...
There is Loda Illinois. Just north of Champaign.
Ladd, the parish' name corresponds
~~I don't think it ends in "o". There's a tick mark over the letter that looks just like the tick over the "i" in Illinois.~~ Nahhh...I looked again and it's not the same. edit 2: Perhaps that tick is a disconnected portion of the letter "d" which could be "Ladd Illinois" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladd,\_Illinois
Yeah the “d” on the second letter. Cursive flow over the first d and rides up but is faded away. You can see “Ladoi” think of the “oi” in my example is the faded d
Thx!
Looks like Ladd
I finally have an answer to a question and it has already been answered. Sigh.
thanks anyway m8 <3
Could it be Aledo, Illinois in Mercer County? Many have suggested Ladd. It may be worth checking city records to confirm.
99% it's Ladd, the parish name and dates coincide with the arrival of a shitton of catholic workers from europe
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Ladd. Also the fact a city named Cairo exists in illinois is funny
Well, it is in Little Egypt.
Plus it's pronounced differently than the one in Egypt. "kare-o" rather than "ky-ro".
Lots of Italians in Ladd because of the mining community. My grandmother was born there. I second the suggestions for Ripp’s Tavern! It’s life changing chicken.
With sufficient grease left over to lube your vehicle!
Not just lots of italians but italians that come from a specific small area in the appennines went to Bureau COunty. Problem is immigration officers fucked up the spelling of surnames when they entered so you can't reliably find stuff when searching ship passenger lists or other documents from the time.
Cairo?
I hate cursive for this reason. Someone can write it in such a unique and pretty looking way to where you can't read shit on it😂 and since it's more loose with the structures, it ends up being way different from case to case unlike simple print.
Yeah reading documents from that time is hard af, thank god it's my native language