On Friday, October 28, 1983, the Borah Peak earthquake occurred at 8: 06 am MDT, measured at 6. 9 on the Richter Scale.

About north of Mackay is Idaho's highest mountain: Borah Peak, with a peak altitude of 12, 662 feet ( 3, 813 m ).

On Friday, October 28, 1983, the Borah Peak earthquake occurred at 8: 06 am MDT, measured at 6. 9 on the Richter Scale.

Borah Peak with fault scarpOn Friday, October 28, 1983, a magnitude 7. 3 earthquake struck the Borah Peak area at 8: 06 am MDT.

The earthquake lifted Borah Peak over.

Three climbers have died on Borah Peak.

Borah Peak, looking east

* 1983 Borah Peak earthquake

* Borah Peak Trip Report

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Borah Peak, Idaho's tallest mountain

Idaho's highest point, Borah Peak, at 12, 662 feet ( 3859 m ), is named for him, as are two public schools: Borah High School in Boise, and Borah Elementary School in Coeur d ' Alene.

The first well-documented case of liquefaction in gravelly sands was in regard to the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake.

Borah Peak, the tallest mountain in Idaho, is also found here.

Borah Peak and its fault scarp, formed in the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake.

Day of Ohio won their respective primaries, the 70-year-old Borah, a well-known progressive and " insurgent ," won the Wisconsin, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Oregon primaries, while also performing quite strongly in Knox's Illinois and Green's South Dakota.

Coolidge's next choice was Idaho Senator William Borah, but he also declined the nomination.

As reported in Carol Felsenthal's biography of Alice, and in Betty Boyd Caroli's The Roosevelt Women, as well by TIME journalist Rebecca Winters Keegan, it was generally accepted knowledge in DC that Longworth also had a long, ongoing affair with Senator William Borah, and the opening of Longworth's diaries to modern historical researchers indicates that Borah was, by Longworth's own admission, the father of her daughter, Paulina Longworth ( 1925 – 1957 ).

Borah also had a reputation for being headstrong.

Eleanor also had an affair with Borah, but Alice won out reportedly because Eleanor frequently gloated about their experiences unlike Alice.

He also performed with jazz musicians Eddie Gale, Roy Campbell, Marc Ribot, Mark Helias, Dick Griffin, Billy Bang, Borah Bergman and Hanuman Sextet.

Borah may be best known today for having reportedly said, in September 1939, after Germany invaded Poland, " Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler — all this might have been averted.

The school's slogan is " The Lions of Idaho ," a play on the nickname of namesake William E. Borah, known in the Senate as the " Lion of Idaho " for his outspoken stance on issues.

Both teams played their home games at Bill Wigle Field ( then known as " Borah Field ").

* Mount Borah Climbing Guide-photos of the normal route

The term " Phoney War " was possibly coined by U. S. Senator William Borah who stated, in September 1939: " There is something phoney about this war.

Senator Borah saw a lack of patriotism: " There are a vast number of people supporting the league of nations who never let an opportunity go by of belittling ... everything that is truly American: and Dr. Lowell is one of them.

The peak is named for William Borah ( 1865 – 1940 ), a prominent U. S. Senator from Idaho ( 1907 – 1940 ).

Borah Peak's north face is one of Idaho's only year-round snow climbs and provides a much greater challenge than the normal route.

When conservative President Calvin Coolidge was told of Borah's fondness for horseback riding, the president is said to have replied, " It's hard to imagine Senator Borah going in the same direction as his horse.

" There is no other public record of Borah saying this ; Borah died before Hutchinson published the document, and thus could not deny or confirm it ; its veracity is therefore unknown.

Borah High School is a three-year public secondary school in Boise, Idaho.

It is named after William E. Borah ( 1865 – 1940 ), a prominent U. S. Senator from 1907 – 40 and a presidential candidate in 1936.

The school colors of Borah High School are green & gold ( with accessory use of white and black ), and the mascot is the lion.

The current head coach is Darren Corpus, a Borah alumnus from the class of 1980.

A motorcycle club is located north-east of Quirindi on the Borah Creek Road.

Her marriage to Representative Nicholas Longworth ( Republican-Ohio ), a party leader and 43rd Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, was shaky, and the couple's only child was a result of her affair with Senator William Borah of Idaho.

On January 15, 1907, the Idaho Legislature elected William Borah to the U. S. Senate over the controversial Democratic incumbent, Fred Dubois.

William E. Borah Apartment, Windsor Lodge, a home of his in Washington, D. C., was designated a U. S. National Historic Landmark in 1976.

There, in 1895, his daughter Mary ( or sometimes Mamie ) married William E. Borah, who would be elected as Idaho's U. S. Senator less than a decade later.