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If you drive by Riverside, Iowa you will find this monument "remembering" that Captain James T. Kirk will be born here, in the year 2228.

James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk is son George and Winona Kirk. He will be (is) the United Federation of Planets Starfleet Commanding officer of the USS Enterprise, and USS Enterprise-A

Actually, Riverside adopted Kirk as the town's "future son", with the Paramount Pictures permission and build the plaque.

In 2002, Kirk's captain chair from the original Star Trek was auctioned for $304,000.

photo credits: Madolan Green