'Mountain legend' Lovell recalled fondly

  • “Run Boys Run,” a painting by Clarkesville artist Julius Miller, shows a young 20-year-old Lovell on a moonshine run down state Route 197. Once a dirt road, state Route 197 was a main vein for the transportation of moonshine.
    “Run Boys Run,” a painting by Clarkesville artist Julius Miller, shows a young 20-year-old Lovell on a moonshine run down state Route 197. Once a dirt road, state Route 197 was a main vein for the transportation of moonshine.
   Sitting in his den chair, an idea struck Carlos Lovell like lightning striking during a summertime thunderstorm.    Considered a legend by many and always having been a straight shooter, the then…

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