Here at The American Guide, we hope your travels went smoothly, your football team won, and there’s still pie in your fridge.  #AmericanGuideWeek was a smashing success with more than 80 individual contributors, all 50 states, the District of Columbia and two territories participating. (We’ll get you next time American Samoa, US Virgin Islands and Northern Marianas!) All told, we received hundreds of photos, essays, and video/audio posts.    In addition to fabulous individual folks, we were fortunate enough to have fantastic #AmericanGuideWeek dispatches from Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Bureau of Land Management, the LBJ Presidential Library, Lucid Inc., The Moth, NPR, and The Paris Review. If you missed their posts, definitely go back and check them out. Lapham’s Quarterly, The Rumpus, WNYC, and Story Board very kindly supported the week, too. We swoon over their respective efforts and accordingly, our hearts are aflutter with gratitude. Very special thanks to the great folks at Tumblr who supported and promoted the effort. From technical support to plain old good advice, they were there for us. Tumblr is the best! But of course, our greatest appreciation goes out to everyone who shared their America. We’ll never be lost with you folks for our Guides. Thank you.  We hope you’ll stay tuned to The American Guide on Tumblr. We met some talented photographers, artists and writers over the last week and you’ll be hearing from them again. More to come…
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Here at The American Guide, we hope your travels went smoothly, your football team won, and there’s still pie in your fridge. 

#AmericanGuideWeek was a smashing success with more than 80 individual contributors, all 50 states, the District of Columbia and two territories participating. (We’ll get you next time American Samoa, US Virgin Islands and Northern Marianas!)

All told, we received hundreds of photos, essays, and video/audio posts.   

In addition to fabulous individual folks, we were fortunate enough to have fantastic #AmericanGuideWeek dispatches from Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Bureau of Land Management, the LBJ Presidential Library, Lucid Inc., The Moth, NPR, and The Paris Review. If you missed their posts, definitely go back and check them out.

Lapham’s Quarterly, The Rumpus, WNYC, and Story Board very kindly supported the week, too. We swoon over their respective efforts and accordingly, our hearts are aflutter with gratitude.

Very special thanks to the great folks at Tumblr who supported and promoted the effort. From technical support to plain old good advice, they were there for us. Tumblr is the best!

But of course, our greatest appreciation goes out to everyone who shared their America. We’ll never be lost with you folks for our Guides. Thank you. 

We hope you’ll stay tuned to The American Guide on Tumblr. We met some talented photographers, artists and writers over the last week and you’ll be hearing from them again. More to come…

DRINKING IN TENNESSEE  #AmericanGuideWeek dispatch from Tennessee State Guide, Tammy Mercure. tammymercure:  Dr. Enuf was invented in 1949 and is still bottled in Johnson City, TN. The original energy drink was made by the same people who invented Mountain Dew (later sold to Pepsi). It goes down easy without the syrupy taste of soda. (I prefer the herbal flavored with cherry.) Yes, RC Cola is made in Georgia, but you don’t get the full effect of the drink unless you have a Moon Pie (made in Chattanooga) with it. In the 1950’s the combo was called “the working man’s lunch”. In regards to the Moon Pie, I recommend the banana flavor. I don’t know where exactly moonshine started, but I would say people in Tennessee have perfected it. It has an interesting history, often cited as the start of NASCAR, and is making a big splash with new legal distilleries, like Ole Smoky made in Gatlinburg. * * * Tammy Mercure is a State Guide to Tennessee for The American Guide project. A photographer living in Bristol, Tennessee, she enjoys photographing just about any event that includes loud noises and fast moving things. She was recently named one of the “100 under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art” by Oxford American magazine. Follow on Tumblr or on her website, TammyMercure.com.
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DRINKING IN TENNESSEE  #AmericanGuideWeek dispatch from Tennessee State Guide, Tammy Mercure. tammymercure:  Dr. Enuf was invented in 1949 and is still bottled in Johnson City, TN. The original energy drink was made by the same people who invented Mountain Dew (later sold to Pepsi). It goes down easy without the syrupy taste of soda. (I prefer the herbal flavored with cherry.) Yes, RC Cola is made in Georgia, but you don’t get the full effect of the drink unless you have a Moon Pie (made in Chattanooga) with it. In the 1950’s the combo was called “the working man’s lunch”. In regards to the Moon Pie, I recommend the banana flavor. I don’t know where exactly moonshine started, but I would say people in Tennessee have perfected it. It has an interesting history, often cited as the start of NASCAR, and is making a big splash with new legal distilleries, like Ole Smoky made in Gatlinburg. * * * Tammy Mercure is a State Guide to Tennessee for The American Guide project. A photographer living in Bristol, Tennessee, she enjoys photographing just about any event that includes loud noises and fast moving things. She was recently named one of the “100 under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art” by Oxford American magazine. Follow on Tumblr or on her website, TammyMercure.com.
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DRINKING IN TENNESSEE  #AmericanGuideWeek dispatch from Tennessee State Guide, Tammy Mercure. tammymercure:  Dr. Enuf was invented in 1949 and is still bottled in Johnson City, TN. The original energy drink was made by the same people who invented Mountain Dew (later sold to Pepsi). It goes down easy without the syrupy taste of soda. (I prefer the herbal flavored with cherry.) Yes, RC Cola is made in Georgia, but you don’t get the full effect of the drink unless you have a Moon Pie (made in Chattanooga) with it. In the 1950’s the combo was called “the working man’s lunch”. In regards to the Moon Pie, I recommend the banana flavor. I don’t know where exactly moonshine started, but I would say people in Tennessee have perfected it. It has an interesting history, often cited as the start of NASCAR, and is making a big splash with new legal distilleries, like Ole Smoky made in Gatlinburg. * * * Tammy Mercure is a State Guide to Tennessee for The American Guide project. A photographer living in Bristol, Tennessee, she enjoys photographing just about any event that includes loud noises and fast moving things. She was recently named one of the “100 under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art” by Oxford American magazine. Follow on Tumblr or on her website, TammyMercure.com.
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DRINKING IN TENNESSEE 

#AmericanGuideWeek dispatch from Tennessee State Guide, Tammy Mercure.

tammymercure: 

Dr. Enuf was invented in 1949 and is still bottled in Johnson City, TN. The original energy drink was made by the same people who invented Mountain Dew (later sold to Pepsi). It goes down easy without the syrupy taste of soda. (I prefer the herbal flavored with cherry.)

Yes, RC Cola is made in Georgia, but you don’t get the full effect of the drink unless you have a Moon Pie (made in Chattanooga) with it. In the 1950’s the combo was called “the working man’s lunch”. In regards to the Moon Pie, I recommend the banana flavor.

I don’t know where exactly moonshine started, but I would say people in Tennessee have perfected it. It has an interesting history, often cited as the start of NASCAR, and is making a big splash with new legal distilleries, like Ole Smoky made in Gatlinburg.

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Tammy Mercure is a State Guide to Tennessee for The American Guide project. A photographer living in Bristol, Tennessee, she enjoys photographing just about any event that includes loud noises and fast moving things. She was recently named one of the “100 under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art” by Oxford American magazine.

Follow on Tumblr or on her website, TammyMercure.com.

EMPIRE BUILDER

The Moth + #AmericanGuideWeek:

American Guide Week is winding down, so let’s end with one of our favorite stories - Ellie Lee’s tribute to her father, an immigrant who built an empire from nothing in the Boston, Massachusetts Chinatown.

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See/hear more on moth-stories.tumblr.com, check out their website, and follow them on Twitter and Facebook.

Somewhere in America, it’s not midnight yet. All 50 states, the District of Columbia and two territories have sent dispatches from all points north, south, east, and west for #AmericanGuideWeek. We’re elated, exhausted and still not finished featuring all your fantastic work. After Turkey Day we’ll be back with the posts we missed and a recap. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
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Somewhere in America, it’s not midnight yet. All 50 states, the District of Columbia and two territories have sent dispatches from all points north, south, east, and west for #AmericanGuideWeek. We’re elated, exhausted and still not finished featuring all your fantastic work.

After Turkey Day we’ll be back with the posts we missed and a recap.

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

Colorado: Year of the Wildfires (Year of living in the endless haze) James Orndorf at Inland West looks back on a tinder dry year out West for #AmericanGuideWeek:  Colorado, as did much of the West, endured a summer of wildfires that has continued on in to the autumn in many parts of the state as drought conditions, forest management decisions and above average temperatures have left large portions of the state tinder dry and prime for fire. While the giant fires near Denver and Colorado Springs grabbed much of the headlines there have been, and continue to be, many more fires spread out across the state due to the lack of any snow cover. Follow James Orndorf (aka inlandwest) on Tumblr and let him be your guide to the American West. Track the fires at InciWeb.
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Colorado: Year of the Wildfires (Year of living in the endless haze) James Orndorf at Inland West looks back on a tinder dry year out West for #AmericanGuideWeek:  Colorado, as did much of the West, endured a summer of wildfires that has continued on in to the autumn in many parts of the state as drought conditions, forest management decisions and above average temperatures have left large portions of the state tinder dry and prime for fire. While the giant fires near Denver and Colorado Springs grabbed much of the headlines there have been, and continue to be, many more fires spread out across the state due to the lack of any snow cover. Follow James Orndorf (aka inlandwest) on Tumblr and let him be your guide to the American West. Track the fires at InciWeb.
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Colorado: Year of the Wildfires (Year of living in the endless haze) James Orndorf at Inland West looks back on a tinder dry year out West for #AmericanGuideWeek:  Colorado, as did much of the West, endured a summer of wildfires that has continued on in to the autumn in many parts of the state as drought conditions, forest management decisions and above average temperatures have left large portions of the state tinder dry and prime for fire. While the giant fires near Denver and Colorado Springs grabbed much of the headlines there have been, and continue to be, many more fires spread out across the state due to the lack of any snow cover. Follow James Orndorf (aka inlandwest) on Tumblr and let him be your guide to the American West. Track the fires at InciWeb.
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Colorado: Year of the Wildfires (Year of living in the endless haze) James Orndorf at Inland West looks back on a tinder dry year out West for #AmericanGuideWeek:  Colorado, as did much of the West, endured a summer of wildfires that has continued on in to the autumn in many parts of the state as drought conditions, forest management decisions and above average temperatures have left large portions of the state tinder dry and prime for fire. While the giant fires near Denver and Colorado Springs grabbed much of the headlines there have been, and continue to be, many more fires spread out across the state due to the lack of any snow cover. Follow James Orndorf (aka inlandwest) on Tumblr and let him be your guide to the American West. Track the fires at InciWeb.
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Colorado: Year of the Wildfires (Year of living in the endless haze) James Orndorf at Inland West looks back on a tinder dry year out West for #AmericanGuideWeek:  Colorado, as did much of the West, endured a summer of wildfires that has continued on in to the autumn in many parts of the state as drought conditions, forest management decisions and above average temperatures have left large portions of the state tinder dry and prime for fire. While the giant fires near Denver and Colorado Springs grabbed much of the headlines there have been, and continue to be, many more fires spread out across the state due to the lack of any snow cover. Follow James Orndorf (aka inlandwest) on Tumblr and let him be your guide to the American West. Track the fires at InciWeb.
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Colorado: Year of the Wildfires (Year of living in the endless haze) James Orndorf at Inland West looks back on a tinder dry year out West for #AmericanGuideWeek:  Colorado, as did much of the West, endured a summer of wildfires that has continued on in to the autumn in many parts of the state as drought conditions, forest management decisions and above average temperatures have left large portions of the state tinder dry and prime for fire. While the giant fires near Denver and Colorado Springs grabbed much of the headlines there have been, and continue to be, many more fires spread out across the state due to the lack of any snow cover. Follow James Orndorf (aka inlandwest) on Tumblr and let him be your guide to the American West. Track the fires at InciWeb.
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Colorado: Year of the Wildfires (Year of living in the endless haze) James Orndorf at Inland West looks back on a tinder dry year out West for #AmericanGuideWeek:  Colorado, as did much of the West, endured a summer of wildfires that has continued on in to the autumn in many parts of the state as drought conditions, forest management decisions and above average temperatures have left large portions of the state tinder dry and prime for fire. While the giant fires near Denver and Colorado Springs grabbed much of the headlines there have been, and continue to be, many more fires spread out across the state due to the lack of any snow cover. Follow James Orndorf (aka inlandwest) on Tumblr and let him be your guide to the American West. Track the fires at InciWeb.
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Colorado: Year of the Wildfires (Year of living in the endless haze) James Orndorf at Inland West looks back on a tinder dry year out West for #AmericanGuideWeek:  Colorado, as did much of the West, endured a summer of wildfires that has continued on in to the autumn in many parts of the state as drought conditions, forest management decisions and above average temperatures have left large portions of the state tinder dry and prime for fire. While the giant fires near Denver and Colorado Springs grabbed much of the headlines there have been, and continue to be, many more fires spread out across the state due to the lack of any snow cover. Follow James Orndorf (aka inlandwest) on Tumblr and let him be your guide to the American West. Track the fires at InciWeb.
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Colorado: Year of the Wildfires (Year of living in the endless haze) James Orndorf at Inland West looks back on a tinder dry year out West for #AmericanGuideWeek:  Colorado, as did much of the West, endured a summer of wildfires that has continued on in to the autumn in many parts of the state as drought conditions, forest management decisions and above average temperatures have left large portions of the state tinder dry and prime for fire. While the giant fires near Denver and Colorado Springs grabbed much of the headlines there have been, and continue to be, many more fires spread out across the state due to the lack of any snow cover. Follow James Orndorf (aka inlandwest) on Tumblr and let him be your guide to the American West. Track the fires at InciWeb.
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Colorado: Year of the Wildfires (Year of living in the endless haze) James Orndorf at Inland West looks back on a tinder dry year out West for #AmericanGuideWeek:  Colorado, as did much of the West, endured a summer of wildfires that has continued on in to the autumn in many parts of the state as drought conditions, forest management decisions and above average temperatures have left large portions of the state tinder dry and prime for fire. While the giant fires near Denver and Colorado Springs grabbed much of the headlines there have been, and continue to be, many more fires spread out across the state due to the lack of any snow cover. Follow James Orndorf (aka inlandwest) on Tumblr and let him be your guide to the American West. Track the fires at InciWeb.
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Colorado: Year of the Wildfires (Year of living in the endless haze)

James Orndorf at Inland West looks back on a tinder dry year out West for #AmericanGuideWeek: 

Colorado, as did much of the West, endured a summer of wildfires that has continued on in to the autumn in many parts of the state as drought conditions, forest management decisions and above average temperatures have left large portions of the state tinder dry and prime for fire.

While the giant fires near Denver and Colorado Springs grabbed much of the headlines there have been, and continue to be, many more fires spread out across the state due to the lack of any snow cover.

Follow James Orndorf (aka inlandwest) on Tumblr and let him be your guide to the American West. Track the fires at InciWeb.

As the end of #AmericanGuideWeek draws nigh, Jessica Egan reports in from her homestate of Georgia with some great photos: Georgia is a beautiful state. We have beautiful weather, beautiful forests, beautiful beaches, beautiful mountains, beautiful tiny towns, beautiful big cities and most importantly: beautiful people. If you can only spend one day here, head to Stone Mountain and stay for the night time fireworks and laser show. Bring a lawn chair and some good homemade picnic food. Lay down a blanket to save your spot out in front of the carving and spend your daylight hiking the mountain, experiencing pioneer life, riding the sky bucket, or just taking the time to take in the people. Your day will end in a perfect display of what it means to be a Georgian when the laser show comes on. Not sure there’s any other state that can say that.  You can find Jessica on Tumblr or over at her blog, Young Georgia Love.
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As the end of #AmericanGuideWeek draws nigh, Jessica Egan reports in from her homestate of Georgia with some great photos: Georgia is a beautiful state. We have beautiful weather, beautiful forests, beautiful beaches, beautiful mountains, beautiful tiny towns, beautiful big cities and most importantly: beautiful people. If you can only spend one day here, head to Stone Mountain and stay for the night time fireworks and laser show. Bring a lawn chair and some good homemade picnic food. Lay down a blanket to save your spot out in front of the carving and spend your daylight hiking the mountain, experiencing pioneer life, riding the sky bucket, or just taking the time to take in the people. Your day will end in a perfect display of what it means to be a Georgian when the laser show comes on. Not sure there’s any other state that can say that.  You can find Jessica on Tumblr or over at her blog, Young Georgia Love.
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As the end of #AmericanGuideWeek draws nigh, Jessica Egan reports in from her homestate of Georgia with some great photos: Georgia is a beautiful state. We have beautiful weather, beautiful forests, beautiful beaches, beautiful mountains, beautiful tiny towns, beautiful big cities and most importantly: beautiful people. If you can only spend one day here, head to Stone Mountain and stay for the night time fireworks and laser show. Bring a lawn chair and some good homemade picnic food. Lay down a blanket to save your spot out in front of the carving and spend your daylight hiking the mountain, experiencing pioneer life, riding the sky bucket, or just taking the time to take in the people. Your day will end in a perfect display of what it means to be a Georgian when the laser show comes on. Not sure there’s any other state that can say that.  You can find Jessica on Tumblr or over at her blog, Young Georgia Love.
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As the end of #AmericanGuideWeek draws nigh, Jessica Egan reports in from her homestate of Georgia with some great photos: Georgia is a beautiful state. We have beautiful weather, beautiful forests, beautiful beaches, beautiful mountains, beautiful tiny towns, beautiful big cities and most importantly: beautiful people. If you can only spend one day here, head to Stone Mountain and stay for the night time fireworks and laser show. Bring a lawn chair and some good homemade picnic food. Lay down a blanket to save your spot out in front of the carving and spend your daylight hiking the mountain, experiencing pioneer life, riding the sky bucket, or just taking the time to take in the people. Your day will end in a perfect display of what it means to be a Georgian when the laser show comes on. Not sure there’s any other state that can say that.  You can find Jessica on Tumblr or over at her blog, Young Georgia Love.
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As the end of #AmericanGuideWeek draws nigh, Jessica Egan reports in from her homestate of Georgia with some great photos: Georgia is a beautiful state. We have beautiful weather, beautiful forests, beautiful beaches, beautiful mountains, beautiful tiny towns, beautiful big cities and most importantly: beautiful people. If you can only spend one day here, head to Stone Mountain and stay for the night time fireworks and laser show. Bring a lawn chair and some good homemade picnic food. Lay down a blanket to save your spot out in front of the carving and spend your daylight hiking the mountain, experiencing pioneer life, riding the sky bucket, or just taking the time to take in the people. Your day will end in a perfect display of what it means to be a Georgian when the laser show comes on. Not sure there’s any other state that can say that.  You can find Jessica on Tumblr or over at her blog, Young Georgia Love.
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As the end of #AmericanGuideWeek draws nigh, Jessica Egan reports in from her homestate of Georgia with some great photos:

Georgia is a beautiful state. We have beautiful weather, beautiful forests, beautiful beaches, beautiful mountains, beautiful tiny towns, beautiful big cities and most importantly: beautiful people.

If you can only spend one day here, head to Stone Mountain and stay for the night time fireworks and laser show. Bring a lawn chair and some good homemade picnic food. Lay down a blanket to save your spot out in front of the carving and spend your daylight hiking the mountain, experiencing pioneer life, riding the sky bucket, or just taking the time to take in the people. Your day will end in a perfect display of what it means to be a Georgian when the laser show comes on.

Not sure there’s any other state that can say that. 

You can find Jessica on Tumblr or over at her blog, Young Georgia Love.

New York City, chartered in 1898, consists of five boroughs, each also a county: Manhattan (New York County), the Bronx (Bronx County), Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens County), and Richmond, or Staten Island (Richmond County). Manhattan, the original New York City, founded 1626, is an island. —New York City Guide (WPA, 1939) New York/New Jersey scenes for #AmericanGuideWeek from AG contributor Ed Goldberg.
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New York City, chartered in 1898, consists of five boroughs, each also a county: Manhattan (New York County), the Bronx (Bronx County), Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens County), and Richmond, or Staten Island (Richmond County). Manhattan, the original New York City, founded 1626, is an island. —New York City Guide (WPA, 1939) New York/New Jersey scenes for #AmericanGuideWeek from AG contributor Ed Goldberg.
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New York City, chartered in 1898, consists of five boroughs, each also a county: Manhattan (New York County), the Bronx (Bronx County), Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens County), and Richmond, or Staten Island (Richmond County). Manhattan, the original New York City, founded 1626, is an island.

—New York City Guide (WPA, 1939)

New York/New Jersey scenes for #AmericanGuideWeek from AG contributor Ed Goldberg.

Our first #AmericanGuideWeek dispatch from Missouri, care of Laura Sheeter.  Laura sends this view of an artificial lake in Kansas City, MO. According to Missouri, A Guide To the Show Me State (WPA, 1941),  Kansas City had its beginnings in two roaring frontier settlements: the Missouri River town of Kansas, and the bullwhacking, feverish town of Westport, four miles to the south on the Santa Fe Trail. The American Guide is unsure of the exact meaning of “bullwhacking,” but it sounds like a good time to us.  
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Our first #AmericanGuideWeek dispatch from Missouri, care of Laura Sheeter. 

Laura sends this view of an artificial lake in Kansas City, MO. According to Missouri, A Guide To the Show Me State (WPA, 1941), 

Kansas City had its beginnings in two roaring frontier settlements: the Missouri River town of Kansas, and the bullwhacking, feverish town of Westport, four miles to the south on the Santa Fe Trail.

The American Guide is unsure of the exact meaning of “bullwhacking,” but it sounds like a good time to us.

 

South Carolina: ‘Too small to be a country, too large to be an insane asylum’ This is a super duper large chicken that sits outside an awesome restaurant, Grits & Groceries, at the cross roads in Belton, South Carolina. (There’s also a goat farm across the street and you can feed the goats while you wait for a table.) —Leigh Anne Sides, reporting from S.C. for #AmericanGuideWeek
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South Carolina: ‘Too small to be a country, too large to be an insane asylum’

This is a super duper large chicken that sits outside an awesome restaurant, Grits & Groceries, at the cross roads in Belton, South Carolina. (There’s also a goat farm across the street and you can feed the goats while you wait for a table.)

—Leigh Anne Sides, reporting from S.C. for #AmericanGuideWeek

Missy Prince grew up in Mississippi and has lately become re-enchanted with her home state. (This has been a recurring theme during #AmericanGuideWeek.) She sends along these photos from Mississippi. Several of them are from Yalobusha County; population 12,678; county seats: Water Valley and Coffeeville.  Follow Missy’s ravishing Tumblr, Sea of Empties and her Flickr page.
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Missy Prince grew up in Mississippi and has lately become re-enchanted with her home state. (This has been a recurring theme during #AmericanGuideWeek.) She sends along these photos from Mississippi. Several of them are from Yalobusha County; population 12,678; county seats: Water Valley and Coffeeville.  Follow Missy’s ravishing Tumblr, Sea of Empties and her Flickr page.
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Missy Prince grew up in Mississippi and has lately become re-enchanted with her home state. (This has been a recurring theme during #AmericanGuideWeek.) She sends along these photos from Mississippi. Several of them are from Yalobusha County; population 12,678; county seats: Water Valley and Coffeeville.  Follow Missy’s ravishing Tumblr, Sea of Empties and her Flickr page.
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Missy Prince grew up in Mississippi and has lately become re-enchanted with her home state. (This has been a recurring theme during #AmericanGuideWeek.) She sends along these photos from Mississippi. Several of them are from Yalobusha County; population 12,678; county seats: Water Valley and Coffeeville.  Follow Missy’s ravishing Tumblr, Sea of Empties and her Flickr page.
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Missy Prince grew up in Mississippi and has lately become re-enchanted with her home state. (This has been a recurring theme during #AmericanGuideWeek.) She sends along these photos from Mississippi. Several of them are from Yalobusha County; population 12,678; county seats: Water Valley and Coffeeville.  Follow Missy’s ravishing Tumblr, Sea of Empties and her Flickr page.
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Missy Prince grew up in Mississippi and has lately become re-enchanted with her home state. (This has been a recurring theme during #AmericanGuideWeek.) She sends along these photos from Mississippi. Several of them are from Yalobusha County; population 12,678; county seats: Water Valley and Coffeeville.  Follow Missy’s ravishing Tumblr, Sea of Empties and her Flickr page.
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Missy Prince grew up in Mississippi and has lately become re-enchanted with her home state. (This has been a recurring theme during #AmericanGuideWeek.) She sends along these photos from Mississippi.

Several of them are from Yalobusha County; population 12,678; county seats: Water Valley and Coffeeville. 

Follow Missy’s ravishing Tumblr, Sea of Empties and her Flickr page.

From Texas oil to West Virginia coal, America’s energy sources were a topic of note for the original American Guide series. Nuclear power wasn’t in their sights yet, but we’ve got Brittany Marcoux to give us the updated chapter.  Swansea, Massachusetts This is my home town where they recently built these two monstrous cooling towers for the power plant.  Everyone in the vicinity of these new towers was outraged and disgusted that they would build these out in the open, disrupting the views from their kitchen windows. I think they add character to our small town, while also serving a great purpose…I mean they couldn’t go on dumping boiling hot water into the river forever - that Eco-system is already practically destroyed. Follow Brittany on her tumblr and be sure to check out her website, which includes a project inspired by one of AG’s favorite artists, Stephen Shore. 
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From Texas oil to West Virginia coal, America’s energy sources were a topic of note for the original American Guide series. Nuclear power wasn’t in their sights yet, but we’ve got Brittany Marcoux to give us the updated chapter.  Swansea, Massachusetts This is my home town where they recently built these two monstrous cooling towers for the power plant.  Everyone in the vicinity of these new towers was outraged and disgusted that they would build these out in the open, disrupting the views from their kitchen windows. I think they add character to our small town, while also serving a great purpose…I mean they couldn’t go on dumping boiling hot water into the river forever - that Eco-system is already practically destroyed. Follow Brittany on her tumblr and be sure to check out her website, which includes a project inspired by one of AG’s favorite artists, Stephen Shore. 
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From Texas oil to West Virginia coal, America’s energy sources were a topic of note for the original American Guide series. Nuclear power wasn’t in their sights yet, but we’ve got Brittany Marcoux to give us the updated chapter.  Swansea, Massachusetts This is my home town where they recently built these two monstrous cooling towers for the power plant.  Everyone in the vicinity of these new towers was outraged and disgusted that they would build these out in the open, disrupting the views from their kitchen windows. I think they add character to our small town, while also serving a great purpose…I mean they couldn’t go on dumping boiling hot water into the river forever - that Eco-system is already practically destroyed. Follow Brittany on her tumblr and be sure to check out her website, which includes a project inspired by one of AG’s favorite artists, Stephen Shore. 
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From Texas oil to West Virginia coal, America’s energy sources were a topic of note for the original American Guide series. Nuclear power wasn’t in their sights yet, but we’ve got Brittany Marcoux to give us the updated chapter.  Swansea, Massachusetts This is my home town where they recently built these two monstrous cooling towers for the power plant.  Everyone in the vicinity of these new towers was outraged and disgusted that they would build these out in the open, disrupting the views from their kitchen windows. I think they add character to our small town, while also serving a great purpose…I mean they couldn’t go on dumping boiling hot water into the river forever - that Eco-system is already practically destroyed. Follow Brittany on her tumblr and be sure to check out her website, which includes a project inspired by one of AG’s favorite artists, Stephen Shore. 
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From Texas oil to West Virginia coal, America’s energy sources were a topic of note for the original American Guide series. Nuclear power wasn’t in their sights yet, but we’ve got Brittany Marcoux to give us the updated chapter.  Swansea, Massachusetts This is my home town where they recently built these two monstrous cooling towers for the power plant.  Everyone in the vicinity of these new towers was outraged and disgusted that they would build these out in the open, disrupting the views from their kitchen windows. I think they add character to our small town, while also serving a great purpose…I mean they couldn’t go on dumping boiling hot water into the river forever - that Eco-system is already practically destroyed. Follow Brittany on her tumblr and be sure to check out her website, which includes a project inspired by one of AG’s favorite artists, Stephen Shore. 
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From Texas oil to West Virginia coal, America’s energy sources were a topic of note for the original American Guide series. Nuclear power wasn’t in their sights yet, but we’ve got Brittany Marcoux to give us the updated chapter.  Swansea, Massachusetts This is my home town where they recently built these two monstrous cooling towers for the power plant.  Everyone in the vicinity of these new towers was outraged and disgusted that they would build these out in the open, disrupting the views from their kitchen windows. I think they add character to our small town, while also serving a great purpose…I mean they couldn’t go on dumping boiling hot water into the river forever - that Eco-system is already practically destroyed. Follow Brittany on her tumblr and be sure to check out her website, which includes a project inspired by one of AG’s favorite artists, Stephen Shore. 
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From Texas oil to West Virginia coal, America’s energy sources were a topic of note for the original American Guide series. Nuclear power wasn’t in their sights yet, but we’ve got Brittany Marcoux to give us the updated chapter. 

Swansea, Massachusetts

This is my home town where they recently built these two monstrous cooling towers for the power plant.  Everyone in the vicinity of these new towers was outraged and disgusted that they would build these out in the open, disrupting the views from their kitchen windows. I think they add character to our small town, while also serving a great purpose…I mean they couldn’t go on dumping boiling hot water into the river forever - that Eco-system is already practically destroyed.

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Type: Sloop of War Launched: August 26, 1854 Commissioned: July 28, 1855 Length: 176 feet (between perpendiculars) Beam: 40 feet, 6 inches (molded beam) Draft: 21 feet Displacement: 1,400 tons Armament (1862): Gun Deck (Main battery): Sixteen 8 in. chambered shell guns, four 32-pdr. long guns; Spar Deck (Pivot guns): one 30-pdr. Parrott rifle at the bow and one 20-pdr. Parrott rifle at the stern; three 12-pdr. boat howitzers Present Day: U.S.S. Constellation Museum, a National Historic Landmark in Baltimore, Maryland. —Historic Naval Ships Association #AmericanGuideWeek dispatch from the Baltimore harbor by way of southwestcompass.
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Type: Sloop of War

Launched: August 26, 1854

Commissioned: July 28, 1855 Length: 176 feet (between perpendiculars)

Beam: 40 feet, 6 inches (molded beam)

Draft: 21 feet

Displacement: 1,400 tons

Armament (1862): Gun Deck (Main battery): Sixteen 8 in. chambered shell guns, four 32-pdr. long guns; Spar Deck (Pivot guns): one 30-pdr. Parrott rifle at the bow and one 20-pdr. Parrott rifle at the stern; three 12-pdr. boat howitzers

Present Day: U.S.S. Constellation Museum, a National Historic Landmark in Baltimore, Maryland.

—Historic Naval Ships Association

#AmericanGuideWeek dispatch from the Baltimore harbor by way of southwestcompass.

#AmericanGuideWeek visits our nation’s capital, via Caity Pfohl: Was finally able to see this gem of a monument up close and I couldn’t have been more excited. This kind of stuff will bring out the patriotism in anyone…and I guess that’s the point, right? Follow Caity on Tumblr at cepiatone.tumblr.com.
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#AmericanGuideWeek visits our nation’s capital, via Caity Pfohl:

Was finally able to see this gem of a monument up close and I couldn’t have been more excited. This kind of stuff will bring out the patriotism in anyone…and I guess that’s the point, right?

Follow Caity on Tumblr at cepiatone.tumblr.com.