A Moment in Monrovia History: Ira Mikell and His Zip BBQ Rub

Ira Mikell (1913-1997) had been a sharecropper near Prentiss, Mississippi, before coming to Monrovia in 1945 with his family. He worked at Herco Steel before becoming a cook at Aerojet-General in Irwindale. He also ran Mikell's BBQ Pit on Huntington Drive and thought to sell his rub in the 1970s. From the Susie Ling collection. See full details here.

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- Brad Haugaard