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Mark Twain will have to wait to get recognition in the state where he assumed his pen name nearly 150 years ago.

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names has rejected a bid by its Nevada counterpart to name a scenic Lake Tahoe cove for Samuel Clemens, which was Mark Twain's real name.

The Nevada State Board on Geographic Names voted in September to back the request in part because there is no geographic feature in the state named for Twain, whose book "Roughing It" put Nevada on the map.

But the national board, which denied the bid on a 5-4 vote Thursday, cited opposition by the U.S. Forest Service and doubt about whether Twain actually camped at the spot in 1861 as the Nevada board maintains.

"Here you have a state saying one thing, and a land agency saying something else," said Lou Yost, executive secretary of the national board. "The Forest Service opposition was a major factor to a lot of board members."

The federal agency said it objected to naming the inlet on Lake Tahoe's northeast shore near Incline Village for Twain because his influence on the Sierra Nevada lake was minimal and other historical figures were more des,99077,90417,46568,33071,19919,32390,63849,94315,79393,88584,43485,26578,72362,49977,73229,26144,88652,76521,74654,27356,21626,32163,34475,66343,41851,17387,14777,59146,90754,54637,89987,62156,12196,31136,21427,37958,40382,58813,91942,49291,45510,48962,23080,51905,90363,13359,30996,69654,31204,51543,47613,72153,89958,19771,47875,20222,87751,34660,45400,41302,82667,24611,97858,74191,68466,56533,38462,17549,61461,37117,86789,83903,74709,82728,83322,71646,84028,11519,82042,28385,87970,92907,87341,16610,45727,31172,68584,27361,16763,38688,98109,42926,36577,60878,20638,30861,55146,84008,43231,54063,86669,61887,25206,85681,84612,45508,58040,16515,95132,85106,38225,13312,27064,87196,53293,56181,76130,73528,17627,54272,73561,31295,21591,73338,37333,85356,98552,58090,32852,65376,85756,97816,96219,25609,23587,29371,86906,55311,26056,76877,96877,53924,30633,21741,94021,79833,75004,67637,26489,12268,81516,60384,57162,62005,48688,89221,34341,24935,28060,83569,27677,34360,81382,17396,72569,89427,30628,74602,85430,84785,91749,74805,51176,49908,80114,28600,68607,38858,65384,74792,62852,33272,41771,92282,61205,87519,25231,87543,14624,60616,80281,85124,91312,26789,59692,22436,21552,21815,87675,36947,32562,40472,97673,30060,26831,41848,40968,66304,67386,48366,27166,65760,95443,76266,80522,61162,64253,75423,57868,87751,10517,99090,16533,36686,57061,20191,32285,61712,76499,79831,21919,92442,22090,21108,64025,69535,53160,30740,25286,43793,39817,15565,87910,30981,39687,76841,31138,33341,27169,92496,57270,94205,71354,79764,29303,74097,20993,89219,65851,29857,54377,33298,81544,73191,31078,36883,80412,93199,39386,77240,58553,73993,34591,49493,62362,97362,60367,82392,28759,85918,69832,51872,11172,71536,98600,17737,70896,74444,60933,57267,49723,55734,51311,70897,71912,73175,25121,32267,62015,82865,78220,24599,41214,85291,67386,15693,34753,62208,33327,66091,95292,18069,11470,42954,24834,53257,23842,27175,61457,63098,78236,29225,47997,78769,99729,73204,74458,98437,24848,10969,56747,17833,88086,64202,30114,68639,97377,81988,77926,68646,84217,64723,73515,36913,90449,81290,39875,57475,77602,52467,43971,20063,49053,79789,24135,56309,53965,76426,30719,51032,17998,55342,97094,38162,21249,51522,64732,48211,36142,30182,98000,51627,35469,59077,37555,63842,22877,46690,55013,49925,50468,63981,92584,34428,58198,88768,98931,50544,70455,72763,85663,15261,57840,22469,28642,49516,13992,16613,85737,88145,74737,28976,25014,35136,80599,35187,74378,37571,38557,64596,68401,74781,51300,25382,85026,76678,18385,58778,41339,25902,12584,66163,57859,98291,76117,98306,64544,33777,23994,58457,96901,53965,34287,20937,24028,34821,79716,51041,37706,29542,14900,32039,94720,51533,47900,12690,88565,49599,16741,87457,63653,97515,99503,84084,91928,56599,48484,90910,66939,43475,24708,28252,11443,86671,36580,94557,40331,13291,17833,99160,41132,41457,71195,57135,87899,72771,11225,50610,80179,93320,40052,20158,83149,88400,77812,59555,26996,67580,55854,59734,80325,40040,30125,60503,58187,69759,37913,95573,23069,39197