City of bridges river of opportunity welcome to the hampton inn ottumwa ia the hampton inn ottumwa hotel is located in the city of bridges a place where the lovely des moines river is the heart of the community an abundance of game fishing and the rivers rippling waters enticed iowas most famous chiefs wapello and keokuk to settle here in the mid 1800s what started as a river town has blossomed into a center for cultural and commercial development our ottumwa ia hotel is in the h