Historical Highway Markers

Jack Jouett's Ride

W-213

From the tavern that stood here, Jack Jouett rode to Charlottesville, by the Old Mountain Road, in time to warn the members of the Virginia government of the coming of Tarleton's British cavalry, June 3, 1781.

Virginia State Library, 1963

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