A woman called the other night to ask about a bit of Iola history. She wondered if I knew the name of a hotel on South Washington, and not the Kelley.
After a second or two of thought, I blurted out the Portland.
Satisfied with my keen knowledge of local history, I launched into more information about some other downtown Iola features of the early to mid-1900s.
The next day I checked my hotel facts — which I should have at the start — and found it wasn’t the Portland that was across the street from the Kelley in the 200 block…
