Forest Park in Montgomery in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Remount Depot / Keyton Station
Photographed By Mark Hilton, January 19, 2014
1. Remount Depot Marker
Side 1
Remount Depot
During World War I, in the summer of 1917 the U.S. Army opened a remount depot here to buy horses and mules for Camp Sheridan's 27,000-man 37th Division from Ohio. Despite the introduction of motor transport to war, a U.S. infantry division still needed nearly 4,000 horses and 2,700 mules as draft, riding and pack animals to pull 40-wagon trains, guns and field ambulances in 1918. This post occupied 160 acres alongside the Central of Georgia R.R. on the highest elevation within 20 miles of Montgomery.
Side 2
Keyton Station
Major K.F. Schumann commanded this depot during most of the war. It had a capacity of 5,000 animals with 14 corrals and 14 packing chutes at the railroad platform. About 300 officers and men were in the permanent party and a blacksmith school trained 100 farriers. Troops were quartered south of the railroad and the animals kept to the north. The Remount Depot closed June 1919. The railroad stop here was called Keyton Station.
Erected 1996 by the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce Historical Preservation and Promotion Foundation & the Alabama Historical Association.
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Location. 32° 21.661′ N, 86° 16.399′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is in Forest Park. Marker is at the intersection of East Fifth Street and Jean Street, on the right when traveling east on East Fifth Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2460 East Fifth Street, Montgomery AL 36106, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Ben F. Moore (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lincoln Cemetery / Rufus Payne, 1884-1939 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hugh A. Carson (approx. 0.7 miles away); Historic Site of St. James Holt Crossing Baptist Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); Huntingdon College (approx. 0.9 miles away); Forest Avenue's Medical Facilities / Oak Park Montgomery's First Public Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); Montgomery County Vietnam War Memorial (approx. one mile away); Birthplace of Nat "King" Cole (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montgomery.
Photographed By Mark Hilton, January 19, 2014
2. Keyton Station Marker
Photographed By Mark Hilton, January 19, 2014
3. Old railroad bed between fence and building.
Library of Congress, April 3, 1918
4. Auxiliary Remount Depot #312, Montgomery, Alabama
Major K.J. Schumann, commanding
Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 832 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 19, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 4. submitted on June 20, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
