Nevada board to renew efforts to name Lake Tahoe cove after Mark Twain

CARSON CITY — Nevada is considering taking another stab at naming a cove on the east shore at Lake Tahoe after Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. But an ill-fated campfire at Tahoe is slowing the efforts of the state Board on Geographic Names.
The state board initially submitted the proposal to name the cove. But the national geographic names board rejected it on a split vote. Bob Stewart, a member of the geographic names board, said the board hopes to convince the U.S. Forest Service to withdraw its opposition to the name change.
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