Local legends say that Chincoteague (SHIN-ko-teeg) ponies, an island trademark, are descendants of mine horses that survived the shipwreck of a 16th-century Spanish galleon. Most historians, however, agree that the ponies were brought over by the first English colonists, who turned the herds loose on Assateague and Chincoteague in the late 1600s when the horses began to damage their crops.
Hotels in Chincoteague Island
Best Western Chincoteauge Island
7105 Maddox Blvd
Chincoteague Island, VA 23336