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Thanks to fans, the literary legacy of a beloved pony lives on

by Kimberly Adams and Maya Hoff

Jul 21, 2023

A museum asked the public to pony up funds to buy the ranch in the "Misty of Chincoteague" books. Thousands of readers delivered.

The taxidermied body of Misty the horse in the Museum of Chincoteague Island.

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