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Mark Twain Lake Facts NamesakesClarence Cannon was one of the prime influences in the realization of the Cannon Dam Project during his 42 years serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. Born on April 11, 1879, Cannon was educated at La Grange College, William Jewell College and the University of Missouri. During his political career, Cannon was chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Parliamentarian of the House. He was actively engaged in farming in Lincoln County throughout his life and the author of several publications on parliamentary law. Cannon also wrote for the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Encyclopedia Americana. Following his death in 1964, the Joanna Dam was officially renamed to honor the man who was a longtime supporter of the project. Using the pen names "Josh", "Sergeant Fathom," and "Mark Twain," Samuel Langhorne Clemens became perhaps the greatest humorist and wit to ever come from America. Although he traveled and lived in many places, Mark Twain, which literally means "two fathoms deep," often delighted audiences and readers with colorful stories of his native Missouri. Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, Twain's two famous high-spirited characters, were likely self images of the author himself during his early years spent along the Salt and Mississippi Rivers in Florida and Hannibal. Though he will never see Mark Twain Lake, the influence of Florida and the Salt River on Twain's life and works will be preserved for generations. Of his rented two-room birthplace in Florida Twain once wrote, "Recently someone sent me a picture of the house I was born in. Heretofore I have always stated that it was a palace, but I shall be more guarded now."
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