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  (below has a May 29, 2003 date, reprinted without permission)
Mount Clay to become
Mount Reagan early
By WARREN HASTINGS
Concord Bureau


CONCORD — Mount Clay, a shoulder on the north side of Mount
Washington in the
Presidential Range of the White Mountains, will be known in New
Hampshire as
Mount Reagan, after former President Ronald Reagan.
Yesterday the state Senate passed by an 18-5 roll call vote House Bill 82,
changing the name of the mountain first named after Henry Clay, the
influential
member of Congress and U.S. secretary of state during the pre-Civil War
period.
In passing the bill, the Senate ignored warnings by opponents that the
name
change won’t be recognized by the federal Board of Geographical Names,
which
means it won’t appear on federal maps, forest guides or other
government-printed
wilderness material.

Federal regulations say that such features cannot be named after a
person until
five years after the person’s death.
But supporters of the bill argued that the state can name its own areas
without
reference to federal rules. Sen. John Barnes, R-Raymond, urged the
Senate to
name the mountain before Reagan’s death so that he would know how
much he is
loved by the public.

Opponents argued that there will be future naming opportunities to honor
President Reagan and that to avert confusion, Mount Clay should remain
Mount
Clay.
In 1913, the Legislature voted to change the name of Mount Clinton to
Mount
Pierce, but the original name stuck to associated trails and roads. Today
that
peak, at the southwest end of the Presidential Range east of Crawford
Notch, is
known by both names.

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