Fifty years ago today, on June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam collapsed and spilled 80 billion gallons of water into eastern Idaho. The historic disaster buried Rexburg under 5 feet of water at one point and ...
On June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam near Rexburg collapsed, just months after opening, killing 11 people and destroying about 90% of everything in its path. "We do have a very, very serious problem...side ...
SHELLEY, Idaho – Fifty years after the collapse of the Teton Dam, Virgil Jonak still gets emotional when he recalls what happened. The 93-year-old Shelley, Idaho, man was a truck driver who hauled ...