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SPRING 2019 ISSUE 01 / VOL . 04
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Like Lucas Doolin , Mitchum ’ s character in the movie , I ’ d just shot the Gap , the primary moonshine-running route between Kentucky and Tennessee , though in Doolin ’ s days there was no tunnel ; bootleggers had to run up and over the dangerous mountain pass . I was runnin ’ my slightly modified ’ 06 Harley Road King , rather than a ’ 50s-era Ford sedan , my saddlebags loaded with clothing and camera gear rather than untaxed corn liquor . Not a G-man in sight as I made a beeline for Cumberland Gap National Historic Park and its wooded , winding four-mile Skyland Highway . Climbing to the Pinnacle Overlook , I gazed upon three states : Kentucky , Virginia and Tennessee . The scenic road , dedicated in 1929 , must have been