Front Royal Remount Depot Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS0471

Staff Only

Content Description

The Front Royal Remount Depot Photograph Collection consists of 106 black and white photographs taken during winter of 1941 at the Front Royal (Virginia) Remount Station of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. The photographs are captioned and illustrate the processes by which horses and mules were raised and trained for Army service.

Dates

Creation: 1941

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Organizational History

The Front Royal Remount Depot was opened on August 30, 1911 to serve as the U.S. Army's east coast remount station. It consisted of 5,000 acres adjacent to the Blue Ridge Mountains, south and slightly east of the town of Front Royal, Virginia. The depot was located near the railroad, which facilitated transport of animals arriving at the depot and those transferred from the depot to Fort Myer, Virginia, and other locations. When the remount service was deactivated in 1948, all remount depot properties reverted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Front Royal site currently houses programs operated by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.