horses on Three Notch'd Road

I pass these horses on my daily commute while heading towards 250, traveling on Three Notch'd Road  .

It likely took its name from three notches cut into trees to blaze the trail.  A major east-west route across central Virginia from the 1730s, it was superseded by Route 250 in the 1930s.  Part of Jack Jouett's famous ride and the Marquis de Lafayette's efforts to prevent Gen. Charles Cornwallis from obtaining munitions took place along this road.  

Historical reference courtesy of http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=1978