The history of human activity in Chincoteague, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, begins with the Native Americans. Until European explorers possessed...
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Chincoteague (/ˌʃɪŋkəˈtiːɡ/ or /ˈʃɪŋkətiːɡ/) is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, U.S. The town includes the whole of Chincoteague Island and an area...
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on Assateague Island in the US states of Virginia and Maryland. The Chincoteague pony is one of the many breeds of feral horses in the United States. The...
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island town of Chincoteague, Virginia, the book was inspired by the real-life story of the Beebe family and their efforts to raise a Chincoteague Pony filly...
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The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly...
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Debedeavon Delmarva Peninsula Eastern Shore of Maryland Chincoteague Island, Virginia "QuickFacts: Virginia, United States". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved...
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Museum of Chincoteague Island, located at 7125 Maddox Boulevard, Chincoteague, Virginia, United States, celebrates the people, culture and heritage of Chincoteague...
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The Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is a 14,000-acre (57 km2) wildlife preserve operated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. It is primarily located...
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Assateague Island (redirect from Assateague, Virginia)
contains the majority of Assateague Island National Seashore and Assateague State Park. The Virginia section contains Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge...
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Pony Penning (redirect from Chincoteague Pony Penning)
Chincoteague, Virginia on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July. The Chincoteague Fire Department conducts the event, which consists of...
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Route 175 (SR 175) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Chincoteague Road, the state highway runs 10.49 miles (16.88 km) from U...
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The Chincoteague Island Library is a historic U.S. building located at 4077 Main Street, Chincoteague, Virginia. Built in the 1890s, this one-story building...
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Misty of Chincoteague (20 July 1946 – 16 October 1972) was a 12 hands (48 inches, 122 cm) palomino pinto Chincoteague Pony mare, made famous by the children's...
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performances. The Virginia Lake Festival is held during the third weekend in July in Clarksville. On the Eastern Shore island of Chincoteague the annual Pony...
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John B. Whealton Memorial Causeway (category Chincoteague, Virginia)
commonly known to the locals as the Chincoteague Causeway, connects the mainland of the Eastern Shore to Chincoteague, where it continues into town as Maddox...
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of the name, see USS Chincoteague. The first USCGC Chincoteague was a United States Coast Guard armed tug in service from 1919 to 1923. Chincoteague was...
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Naval Auxiliary Air Station Chincoteague was a U.S. Navy Auxiliary Air Station near Chincoteague Island, Virginia. In 1941, the United States entered...
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Beebe Ranch (category Chincoteague, Virginia)
an American horse ranch and museum located at 3062 Ridge Road, Chincoteague, Virginia. It was originally founded as a horse farm by the Beebe family sometime...
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Maryland - northeast Northampton County, Virginia - south Assateague Island National Seashore (part) Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (part) Martin...
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Jamestown.. The Spanish sailed past the Chesapeake Bay and landed in Chincoteague (Virginia) in 1524. Spanish explorers also mapped the Cape Henry coast. The...
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from Chincoteague to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. However, during the course of the 20th century the Depression, the construction of the...
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Assateague Light (redirect from Chincoteague lighthouse)
southern end of Assateague Island off the coast of the Virginia Eastern Shore, United States. The lighthouse is located within the Chincoteague National Wildlife...
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Delmarva Peninsula (redirect from History of the Delmarva Peninsula)
Corp. of Chincoteague, Virginia, was in existence by 1913—but general use of the term did not occur until the 1920s. At the northern point of the peninsula...
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Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (redirect from Virginia Space Flight Center)
southern tip of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and south of Chincoteague, Virginia, United...
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Highways in the U.S. state of Virginia, are numbered and maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation as a system of state highways. Primary State...
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USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946 that saw service in the Pacific during World War II...
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a stream in Chincoteague, Virginia that connects with Cockle Creek to the south and a mouth at Chincoteague Bay to the North. The name of the creek first...
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Misty (film) (category Chincoteague, Virginia)
the coast of Virginia and a real-life Chincoteague Pony named Misty. Every year the Chincoteague fire department rounds up the wild ponies of Assateague...
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On the Eastern Shore island of Chincoteague the annual Pony Swim & Auction of feral Chincoteague ponies at the end of July is a unique local tradition...
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Stormy, Misty's Foal (category Novels set in Virginia)
residents of Chincoteague. Portals: Children's literature Horses Beebe Ranch History of Misty of Chincoteague The Assateague Naturalist The Virginian-Pilot Biography...
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