In November 1979, an 8-team playoff was introduced for the state's largest schools in Class A-1 ( 5A since 2001 ); Borah shut out Lewiston 42 – 0 in the semifinals and archrival Boise 38 – 0 in the final to grab the first official A-1 state title in football, and finished with a record of 11 – 1.

The Bronco baseball team played their home games in 1980 at Borah Field ( now Bill Wigle Field ) at Borah High School.

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

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

136-oration of William Borah at Steunenberg's funeral-January 2, 1906

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

After abandoning his presidential campaign, later in 1936 at the height of Democratic power during the New Deal era, Borah ran for reelection against three-term Idaho Governor C. Ben Ross, a Roosevelt ally, and won with well over 60 percent of the vote.

William E. Borah died in Washington, D. C., on January 19, 1940 of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 74.

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.

Charles " Charley " Edward Borah ( November 11, 1906 – November 4, 1980 ) was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Alice then retaliated by having a lasting affair with Senator William Edgar Borah, which at its height, produced a child Paulina Longworth.

For their first two seasons ( 1987 – 88 ), the Hawks played their home games at Bill Wigle Field on the campus of Borah High School.

The Boise A's played their home games at Borah Field and the manager was Tom Trebelhorn, a Bronc player the previous year.

After a summer without pro ball, the independent Boise Buckskins debuted in the Northwest League in 1978 at Borah Field, but quickly folded after a 23 – 49 season, poor financial performance, low attendance, inability to meet payroll, and the failure to garner an affiliation with a major league club.

The Borah baseball team won the state title in 1981, but lost their opener 1-0 at the state tourney in 1982.

Pankratz was the head football coach at Borah for twenty seasons ( 1967 – 86 ) and compiled a record of 186 – 36 ().

Overgaard had been an assistant for six years under Pankratz at Borah ( 1978 – 83 ) and a three-year starter at tackle at Idaho ( 1974 – 76 ) under Troxel.

Taylor first ran for the Senate in 1940 in a special election to fill the remaining term of the late William E. Borah, but lost to John W. Thomas with 47. 1 percent to Thomas ' 52. 9 percent.

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 ).

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

William Edgar Borah ( June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940 ) was a prominent Republican attorney and longtime United States Senator from Idaho noted for his oratorical skills and isolationist views.

In 1895, Borah married Mary McConnell ( 1870 – 1976 ), daughter of Governor William J. McConnell.

Bora Laskin, the Chief Justice of Canada from 1973 – 1984, was named after Borah.

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

Both Borah and Boise returned to the finals in 1980, but with a different outcome as Boise won 7 – 0 with a game-ending goal line stand.

In November 1981, undefeated Borah regained the state title with a 30 – 13 win over Boise in the Lions ' closest game of the year ( 17 points ).

* Ed Troxel-first Borah football coach 1958-66 ; Tri-City Herald. com-24-January – 2001

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

After the assassination, however, the two senators lost interest in the idea ( Borah ran as a Republican, garnering only a few delegates and losing the nomination to Kansas governor Alf Landon ) and Olson was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer.

Lowell had sharper exchanges with the die-hard Republican isolationist Senator William Borah of Idaho.

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.

In 1998 local Paragliding Instructor and developer of Mt Borah, Godfrey Wenness, gained the World Distance record with a flight of 335 km.

Borah once wrote a letter to the Board of Pardons protesting the change of sentence in hanging " Diamondfield Jack " Davis, a man charged with killing a sheepherder who was working for a cattle company.

In 1919 Borah and other Senate Republicans, notably Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts and Hiram W. Johnson of California, clashed with President Woodrow Wilson over Senate ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.

Purportedly, Kremlin officials held Borah in such high esteem that American citizens could gain permission to travel throughout the Soviet Union with nothing more than a letter from the Senator.

In 1932, unhappy with the misguided policies of President Herbert Hoover, such as a doubling of revenues with no positive results, in light of the Great Depression Borah refused to publicly endorse Hoover's reelection campaign.

Borah was a progressive Republican who often had strong differences of opinion with the conservative wing of the party.

Conservative Republicans in Idaho, notably Governor and later Senator Frank R. Gooding, often feuded with Borah as well.

In 1932 Borah strongly disagreed with the suggestion of the drafters of the London Economic Conference of 1933, who met in Geneva, that the United States should settle intergovernmental debts as a step to recover from the Great Depression.

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.

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

In the 1970s and 1980s, Borah had nearly 2000 students, with over 600 students per class.