All about the wild ponies of Chincoteague Island Virginia and Assateague Island Virginia and Maryland. The most well known Chincoteague ponies were Misty and Stormy, made famous by the series of novels from Marguerite Henry .
Chincoteague Ponies
Made famous by Marguerite Henry's bestselling book "Misty of Chincoteague", Chincoteague ponies run free on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, which is the Virginia side of nearby Assateague Island. They are a beautiful breed, descended, according to local legend, from horses shipwrecked when a Spanish galleon sank just off the coast.The ponies are the property of the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company whose famous "saltwater cowboys" round up the horses annually during the Pony Penning on the last Wednesday and Thursday of July. The ponies swim across a narrow part of the Assateague Channel at slack tide on Wednesday, corraled and auctioned off on Thursday.This "pony swim" is the highlight of the summer season.

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Chincoteague Pony History
Its highly likely that the ponies did originate from the Spanish ships and its well known that the herd has received many supplemental additions down thru the years.
Among the additions to the herd were ponies that were let loose by local citizens for a variety of reasons.
Other animals were released as a measure of diversifying the gene pool. These included ponies and several breeds of horses.

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Chincoteague Pony Books
Chincoteague Ponies on the Assateague Island Book (Chincoteague Ponies On The Assateague Island Book, Volumn One)
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Sea Star Orphan of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
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The Treasure of Assateague Island by Frank Stringfellow
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Misty Boxed Set (Misty's Twilight; Sea Star; Stormy, Misty's Foal; Misty of Chincoteague)
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Marguerite Henry's best selling book "Misty of Chincoteague" helped make Chincoteague Island world famous. Misty, Stormy, Sea Star and other ponies were all from the island's wild ponies.The ponies make their home on the Chincoteague Nation...
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| crazylady45
hi this lens is great and the horses are beautiful! Posted March 07, 2008 |
| poddys
You have managed to create some lovely lenses about this beautiful part of the world. I have wanted to go there since I saw Misty with my daughter. Nice job, got to give you 5 ***** Posted February 07, 2008 |
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freelief
Thanks for joining ALL HORSES! Posted January 30, 2008 |
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kerri-jo
I would love to hear more about the "Buy-Back Girls" Posted September 25, 2007 |
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