Chincioteague itself is still an incredible beach town with a small town vibe, it’s hardly built up at all. The VA side has a fun little town with a couple places to eat but you can’t bring the dogs into the park. Dogs are allowed on the Maryland side.

We used to pronounce it shink-a-tink 🤣

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Same, but mainly thought that cause it gotten a movie. I swear I have family members that still got old vhs copies of that somewhere in their ancient “temples” lol

This isn't like a production cattle ranch, it's just a large property (at it's most I think maybe 100 acres) where a family kept horses and some other animals.

The article says you can make donations on the museum website, but there's not a specific fund for purchasing the ranch?

They have a GoFundMe, which I immediately went and donated to. My 7 year old self would have pitch a fit if I didn't.

> Get off your high horse pony.

It was right there!

One of my favorite childhood books!

My happiest memory as a girl was my dad driving me all the way out to witness the annual pony swim. We followed the locals through mud and muck to stand in the water as the wild ponies were crossing. I ended up in the front of the crowd of kids! Doubt anything will top that experience. I owe the Misty of Chincoteague book for enlightening horse obsessed me on the event.

MIsty did nothing wrong.

Maybe that's the issue. Money attracts roaches.

Thanks!

I have all of these books and love them to death.

Even went to see the pony swim a few times.

Always sad when an era comes to an end.

Oh damn I remember I saw a snapchat from my buddy that (volunteer ff) of this place burning

Imagine a families old farm is at risk of being sold off to developers and you want to tell them that because of the industry in their area, they should just sell and let it get developed into a strip mall, because there's soooooo many domestic ponies that need safe homes.

Get off your high horse. People just don't want to see another apartment home at the site of the farm from one of their favorite children's stories.

I imagine you'd sell off the farm from Charlotte's web and build an office building because the pork industry hurts your feelings too?

Ranchland isn't natural, it's an artificial biome.

Assateague is still quite rad :) state park has good camping but you need to reserve well in advance usually

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I loved these books so so much. Collected all of them, visited the island as a kid. I wrote Marguerite Henry a letter and she wrote me back, and my parents framed it. I didn't know Maureen had died, or that the ranch had burned down. God, how terribly sad.

I loved this book as a little girl but I didn't know how to pronounce the name of the island correctly so until I heard someone say it out loud for the first time, I think in the movie, I pronounced it chin-cotta-goo lol

Don't just donate, tell all your coworkers in the area, friends, family and whatever services you patronize

I read the shit out of this book as a kid. Didn't even know it was based on true events.

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The ranch has nothing to do with the pony swim, aside from the book. The museum wants to buy the land, which still has some original buildings on it, to preserve it rather than see it turned into McMansions or a strip mall.