Historic California Posts, Camps,
Stations and Airfields
Sacramento Remount
Purchasing and Breeding Station
The Ochsner Building,
719 K Street, Sacramento in 1940 (left) and today (right) (KXTV
Channel 10, Sacramento)
Established in 1922 as the Headquarters
for the Western Remount Purchasing Zone (later Western Remount
Area), Army Remount Service, US Army Quartermaster Corps; this
activity was on the fourth floor of the Ochsner Building located
at 719 K Street in downtown Sacramento. The station's mission
was to oversee the breeding and purchasing of horses and mules
for cavalry, field artillery and other uses.
In 1922, the Army Remount Service owned
45 thoroughbred stallions for breeding purposes. The following
seven stallions were located in Sacramento, although the location
of the stable is currently unknown.
Fashion Plate
(license no. 2061)
Crackenthorpe
(license no. 2062)
Gun Rock (license
no. 2063)
J.J. Murdock
(license no. 2064)
Mars Mouse
(license no. 2065)
Pizzaro
(license no. 2240)
Happy Valley
(license no. 2254)
This activity was relocated to San Mateo
in August 1930.
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