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Sally Anton has been enjoying her full-time job at the State of Missouri Welcome Center in Eagleville, which includes the opportunity to travel around the state to different towns and cities and to explore the different attractions advertised at the Welcome Center.  She wrote to Dr. Hall that she had been teaching and would miss it, since she felt "like I was just getting into it, but I have been hoping for a career with the state since before I graduated, so I am happy with this offer."

Sally graduated with her M.A. in History from WIU in Fall 2007, after earning her BA in History, with honors, in Spring 2006. For several summers she worked at the Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site, where she engaged in research for the museum, designed a temporary display, and prepared for and performed in a living history presentation. Through her experience at the Mark Twain Historic Site, she discovered the historical sources concerning Twain's life that she used in writing her first published article, "'A Man Enjoys Every Foot of It': Mark Twain and the West," recently published in Journal of the West 47 (Spring 2008): 62-69.

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