Sidetrack Adventures on MSN

3 minutes to midnight - then 12 billion gallons were unleashed

On March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed without warning. A 180-foot wall of water tore through the valley, killing over 400 people — many while they slept. Few remember it. Even fewer were ...
East Idaho News on MSN

Remembering the Teton Dam’s contentious backstory 50 years after its collapse

Don Ellis overlooked the Teton River as he watched a wall of water break through the newly-completed Teton Dam. It was 11:55 ...