Editing Ottumwa, Iowa (section)

===Presidential visits===
Visits by a sitting U.S. president include:
* [[Benjamin Harrison]] in 1890; toured the Coal Palace and spoke to a crowd of over 40,000.<ref name="fsphvo">{{cite web|last=Toopes|first=Cindy|url=http://ottumwacourier.com/local/x1687721558/Four-sitting-presidents-have-visited-Ottumwa|title=Four sitting presidents have visited Ottumwa|publisher=Ottumwa Courier|date=April 23, 2010|access-date=December 19, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in 1903; made a brief train stop while travelling the United States.<ref name="fsphvo"/>
* [[Harry Truman]] in 1950; while on a 16-state train trip in support of his [[Fair Deal]].<ref name="fsphvo"/>
* [[Richard Nixon]] in 1971; arrived in [[Air Force One]] at the Ottumwa Industrial Airport to dedicate the nearby [[Rathbun Lake]] dam and reservoir.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/ra/History.cfm |title=Rathbun Lake |work=US Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920021053/http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/ra/History.cfm |archive-date=September 20, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nixon had been stationed at the Ottumwa airport while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II.<ref name="bormn">{{cite web|url=http://nixon.archives.gov/thelife/nixonbio.pdf|title=Biography of Richard Milhous Nixon|publisher=Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum|page=1|access-date=December 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921204555/http://nixon.archives.gov/thelife/nixonbio.pdf|archive-date=September 21, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Barack Obama]] in 2010; spoke at [[Indian Hills Community College]].<ref name="pcrov">{{cite web|last=Shaver|first=Pat|url=http://ottumwacourier.com/local/x1901489014/Participants-crowd-relish-Obama-visit|title=Participants, crowd relish Obama visit|publisher=Ottumwa Courier|date=April 28, 2010|access-date=December 19, 2010}}</ref>