Chincoteague

On the third Wednesday of July, and for the past 94 years, the wild Chincoteague Ponies of Assateague Island, whose ancestry on these shores dates back to the late 1700s, take an annual swim across the Assateague Channel to the town of Chincoteague.  Here, for one week, they are admired by tens of thousands of...

Chincoteague Ponies were immortalized in 1947 with the release of the book Misty of Chincoteague by author Marguerite Henry, and the Chincoteague Pony (also known as the Assateague Horse) has since captured the imagination of both children and adults alike.  Inspired by a pony foaled on Chincoteague Island and purchased by the author as a...

Between the states of Maryland and Virginia, the feral ponies of Assateague Island roam the sandy shores. Known as the Chincoteague or Assateague ponies, depending on which state they reside, they have become quite an attraction to tourists. These hardy ponies are well-adapted to island life and have been surviving for hundreds of years. Visitors...