![]() It was a way for livestock owners to catch and harness their loose herds. (You can still see the historic brick fire stations on Main Street but they are no longer in use.)īut according to locals, the practice of penning dates back centuries. It was a fundraiser for the newly established Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department. ![]() ![]() The first modern-day Pony Penning Day occurred in 1924. The stallions and mares are rounded back up and returned to their wild home on Assateague. The island’s firemen (known as the saltwater cowboys) round up the wild horses and ponies and swim them over to Chincoteague. Her connection with a real-life palomino mare named Misty started with a suggestion from her editor to write a children’s book about Pony Penning Day held on the last Wednesday and Thursday in July in Chincoteague. (Henry hailed from Michigan.) But there is no doubt that this island was Henry’s creative home. Marguerite Henry, the author of Misty of Chincoteague and sequels (Stormy, Misty’s Foal, Sea Star, and Misty’s Twilight), was not born and did not live in Chincoteague. ![]()
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