Editing Riverside, Iowa (section)

==Star Trek==
[[Image:USS Riverside Enterprise Replica.jpg|thumb|right|The USS ''Riverside'']]
[[Image:Future Birthplace of Captain James T Kirk.jpg|thumb|right|Plaque at Captain Kirk's future birthplace]]
[[Gene Roddenberry]], the creator of ''[[Star Trek]]'', asserts in his book ''The Making of Star Trek'' that the character of [[James T. Kirk|James Tiberius Kirk]] was born in the state of [[Iowa]]. In ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'', Kirk himself tells Dr. Taylor he is from Iowa.
[[File:The Voyage Home Museum.jpg|thumb|This building in Riverside, Iowa houses The Voyage Home Riverside History Center]]

In March 1985, when the city was looking for a theme for its annual town festival, Steve Miller, a member of the Riverside City Council who had read Roddenberry's book, suggested to the council that Riverside should proclaim itself to be the future birthplace of Kirk. Miller's motion passed unanimously.<ref name="heitland198902">{{Cite magazine |last=Heitland |first=Jon E. |date=February 1989 |title=The Future Birthplace of James T. Kirk |url=https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-139/139#page/n16/mode/1up |magazine=Starlog |language=en |pages=17–18 |access-date=2020-06-19}}</ref><ref>Ratner, Alez, [http://www.humboldt.edu/~travel/2003/ratner.html "Deep Space Iowa: The Captain Kirk Museum"], ''[http://www.humboldt.edu/~travel/ Humboldt Online Travel Journal] at [[Humboldt State University]]'', 2003</ref>

This birthplace was confirmed as [[Star Trek canon]] in season 2, episode 3 of ''[[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds]]'' as when asked, Kirk states he was born in Riverside, IA. Additionally, at least two ''Star Trek'' novels had material based in the real city of Riverside. ''Best Destiny'', an immediate sequel to the events shown in ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'', depicted Kirk's childhood in Riverside. The novel's opening chapter depicts a pre-teen Kirk, playing with friends in fields, in rushes and river wetland along the English River. Another novel, ''Final Frontier'' by [[Diane Carey]], not to be confused with ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'', was written as a prequel novel to the original series. Depicting the space adventures of James T. Kirk's father, Commander George Samuel Kirk Sr., the opening and closing passages of the novel depict Captain Kirk, now an adult, mulling over his [[Starfleet]] career options shortly after his first five-year mission. The younger Kirk was also depicted, walking around the farmhouse owned by his family in Riverside. Its wrap-around veranda had views of both the English River and the Iowa River to the east, which mirror the site of the real "Kirk's Birthstone" marker.

The 2009 film ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'', set in an [[parallel universe (fiction)|alternate reality]] from the main ''Star Trek'' universe, shows that Kirk was born aboard a [[shuttlecraft (Star Trek)|shuttlecraft]] in space and raised in Iowa. Nearby are the (fictional) Riverside Quarry, where young Jim Kirk destroys a 20th-century Chevy Corvette in an act of vandalism, and the Riverside Shipyards, identified by name by Captain Christopher Pike as the construction site of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]], and an embarkation point for Starfleet Academy recruits, including an older Jim Kirk.

During a September 28, 2004, [[town meeting]], the city learned that its residents had become the unwitting stars of a [[Spike TV]] [[Reality television|reality show]] called ''[[Invasion Iowa]]'' inspired by the Kirk connection. Over a week earlier, actor [[William Shatner]] had arrived in the city under the guise of filming a science fiction movie called ''Invasion Iowa''.

===Voyage Home Riverside History Center===
The Voyage Home Riverside History Center is also colloquially referred to as the "Star Trek Museum". It houses ''Star Trek'' themed exhibits and memorabilia, including a time capsule; a ''Star Trek''-themed bathroom; and an exhibit about the women of ''Star Trek''. The museum features a veterans display and a room dedicated to the history of Riverside.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=A85OAQAAMAAJ&q=%22The+Voyage+Home%22+Riverside,+Iowa |title= Iowa Travel Guide |work= Division of Tourism, Iowa Department of Economic Development |place= [[Iowa City, Iowa]] |date= 2011 |page= 109}}</ref> The museum also has displays featuring [[Leonard Nimoy]], the various ''Star Trek'' franchise television shows, [[NASA]], [[William Shatner]]'s visit to Riverside,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=20050326&id=FwhQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BAkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4012,5323073&hl=en |title= Shatner boldly goes where no hoax has gone before |author= Kate O'Hare |work= [[Ocala Star-Banner]] |date= 26 March 2005 |accessdate= 7 March 2021}}</ref> and others. [[Walter Koenig]], who played [[Pavel Chekov]] in the original series, visited the Museum when it first opened on June 27, 2008, where he participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb915514.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080515203041/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb915514.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 15, 2008 |title= Star Trek's Chekov (Walter Koenig) to Appear at Trek Fest in Riverside, Iowa June 27th-28th |date= May 5, 2008 |website= [[Cision]] |accessdate= 7 March 2021}}</ref>