The collapse of the Teton Dam spilled 80 billion gallons of water into eastern Idaho, killing 11 people and 13,000 head of livestock. Many people were made homeless by the disaster and tens of ...

Failure and Fortitude: How Faith, Politics, and Power shaped the Teton Dam Disaster. That’s the name of soon to be published book about the Teton Dam Flood that nearly wiped-out Wilford, Sugar City ...

Friday, June 5, marks the 50th anniversary of the failure of the Teton Dam. What began as muddy seepage observed shortly after 7:30 that morning became one of the most significant engineering ...

Fifty years after the collapse of the Teton Dam, a new book shows how this iconic moment in eastern Idaho is connected to other historic events. Nathaniel Gee, author of “Faith and Fortitude: How ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years after the Teton Dam failure devastated Idaho communities, project engineer Vincent Poxleitner recalls the harrowing ...

The year was 1976, and the United States was preparing for a bicentennial celebration across the country. But on June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam in southern Idaho failed, leaving a path of devastation in ...

On June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam disaster in Idaho released 80 billion gallons of water onto populated valley cities below, causing one of the most cataclysmic engineering failures in U.S. history. Tune ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in a series of stories highlighting the 50th anniversary of the Teton Dam Disaster. SHELLEY – Fifty years after the collapse of the Teton Dam, Virgil Jonak still gets ...

NEWDALE, IDAHO (KIFI) – Dozens of Idaho leaders honored the men and women who overcame unbelievable devastation unleashed when a wall of water 80 feet high surged out of the Teton Dam 50 years ago.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the seventh in a series of stories highlighting the 50th anniversary of the Teton Dam Disaster. REXBURG – When the wall of water hit Rexburg on June 5, 1976, it destroyed Trent ...

A poster in Rexburg City hall, advertising Flood 50 events. (Mike Anderson, KSL) REXBURG, Idaho — Lee Munns was 19 years old when a massive wall of water covered the valley around his family farm.