As Gallatin County prepares for its first visit from a sitting U.S. President, hundreds of people got their hands on tickets to tomorrow's town hall meeting at Gallatin Field Airport. Tickets were distributed on a first-come, first-served basis in both Bozeman and Belgrade.

At City Hall in Bozeman, officials say it took less than an hour to hand out more than 600 tickets. Dozens of people camped out overnight, with hundreds more showing up in the wee hours of the morning to secure their spot in line. By 8 a.m., there were more than 800 people lined up.

A Three Forks woman, Donna S.C. Kelly, was the first to get a town hall ticket, after waiting outside Bozeman's City Hall for nearly 18 hours. She said that she has a question and a comment for President Obama: "At what point is the US government going to be fiscally responsible and accountable and quit printing money? And the second, quit trashing the Constitution and get back to it."

White House officials say they don't have an exact number on how many will be attending tomorrow's event, but city officials estimate a total of around 750 tickets were handed out.

We also spoke with Gary, who snagged the last tickets at Bozeman City Hall; when asked how it felt to get the last one, Gary replied, "Overwhelmed and very honored. But I have to give it to my wife. She's at home with the kids so I have to give it to her. I am an Obama supporter. I support what he's trying to do. We need healthcare coverage and it's holding our country back."

Over in Belgrade there were about 500 people wanting tickets to the town hall meeting, according to Belgrade Police chief E.J. Clark. There were 150 tickets available that were handed out shortly after 8:15 this morning, and within 15 minutes they were all gone.

The first person to get a ticket in Belgrade, John Snelders, camped out starting at 2:30 on Wednesday afternoon. Snelders said, "I just wanted to support President Obama and be part of something, this historical event here in Bozeman."

Linda Annalora had some mixed emotions about her good fortune in scoring tickets:  "Well, good and bad...I felt bad for all the people behind me and there was a lot of people waiting. I got here at 4:30 and so Steve probably got here at 4:31."

The "Steve" she referred to is Steve Felix, who took it in stride: "I didn't fell too bad, you know, I was walking up here and I could see the gal as she was counting them down and I knew it was going to be close, but it didn't work out."

Among those who were able to get the tickets today was Brian Stewart, who was there to get tickets for his wife, who was diagnosed with a terminal disease back in 2000. Stewart explained, "Well she wanted to see it...she was not supposed to live past 2005, and you know since then I've tried every moment to make what she wants happen. I kind of camped out on the lawn of the courthouse here and you know got her some tickets."

And although there were a lot of disappointed people, Chief Clark says that this morning's event went very smoothly.

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