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An act of kindness and generosity generations ago forged a link between the Choctaw Nation and Ireland that remains, symbolized by a sculpture soon to be unveiled at the Choctaw Capitol in Oklahoma and by another already in place in County Cork, Ireland.
A sculpture honoring the relationship between the Choctaw Nation and the people of Ireland will soon be erected on the Choctaw Capitol grounds in Tuskahoma.
It is a lovely myth, but it is, like many myths, unsupported by facts. While Mount Adams was once called Mount Ida, it's unlikely that the prior name had anything to do with an anonymous washerwoman living in a hollow tree.
I've long been a fan of old hotels. When I was a boy, my father would take me to a trade show in Dallas each November at the Baker Hotel. With its doormen and elevator operators, I considered it the height of sophistication.