CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. - On the real estate market in Chincoteague is listed the setting of a beloved children's novel. "Children from all over the United States read the Misty books and their parents ...
In 1946, reporter Marguerite Henry traveled to Chincoteague Island to write about Virginia’s wild ponies and accidentally fell in love with a trembling-legged newborn with a wet nose named Misty. Her ...