CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Thousands of people gathered in Virginia to watch the Chincoteague wild ponies make their annual swim across the Assateague Channel, the 99th year of the popular tradition.

Chincoteague artist Dan Thomas is one of two dozen businesses taking part in the annual Death by Chocolate event.

Every year, thousands of spectators flock to Virginia's Eastern Shore to witness the famed wild ponies swim from Assateague Island to Chincoteague during slack tide, when there is no movement ...

The Wild Ponies of Chincoteague is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

An online threat has been made against the 100th anniversary of the Chincoteague Pony Swim, a summer event that draws thousands to the small Accomack County town each year. An online threat has ...

Local author, Jessica A. MacPherson, has been writing and telling stories since she was a kid, and now into her adulthood she ...

SUMMARY Belongs on List? Yes No Made famous by the 1947 novel "Misty of Chincoteague," this tranquil island is best known for the wild ponies that graze at its shoreline. But this isn't the only ...

Atypically in this land of wild ponies and salt marshes, Thomas started out here by featuring buildings in his paintings — including the Chincoteague Inn, the Island Creamery, Don's Seafood ...

The idea of MacPherson’s first book, titled “Where the Wild Ponies Swim”, came from a love of the book “Misty of Chincoteague” by Marguerite Henry, and the dream of visiting Chincoteague ...