 James Mountain Inhofe, and everyone loved that middle name of his, James Mountain Inhofe was actually born in Iowa in 1934. His parents, Perry Dyson Inhofe, and his mom, Blanche Phoebe Mountain. That's where the mountain came from. Most folks don't even know. But the nation and our state was forever changed when at eight years old, their family moved from Iowa to Tulsa, Oklahoma.