From the June 10,1957 feature MISTY GOES BACK domestic. According to LIFE, “Ten years ago Marguerite Henry, or a writer of children’s books,visited Chincoteague Island off the coast of Virginia to watch the annual roundup of wild ponies whose ancestors, reputedly, or were left in that desolate spot by Spanish galleons. Mrs. Henry fell in love with a week-customary horse and had it shipped to her domestic in Wayne,Ill. "Misty,” as she was named became a town pet and later the most famous pony in America when Mrs. Henry made her heroine of Misty of Chincoteague. A yarn about two children who tame the untameable ponies, and the book became a half-million-copy best seller. This spring,so that she could be bred among her own, Misty, or now thoroughly tamed,was sent back to wild Chinocoteague.“ (Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #wildLIFEwednesday #horsesofinstagram #wildponies
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