Beebe Ranch — Attraction in Chincoteague

This very little two room micro museum has very little to do with the almost entirely fictional Misty of Chincoteague book/movie. So if you're looking for a retelling of that fantasy here, you're probably going to go away disappointed and disillusioned.

Yes there was a pony named Misty that was acquired in 1946 during the annual wild pony roundup by the owners of this home. But that's really the only factual piece of the entire story.

The one somewhat interesting piece of history behind this home was that during hurricane Agnes in 1972, Misty the horse was put inside this house to weather the storm, while the owners were evacuated by helecopter. Despite rising floodwaters, due to the elevation of the home, Misty...

Someone really took some time to do a major facelift to the property and whom ever was hired to do the actual carpentry work on the house they really did a great job ,I am a carpenter myself . It's good to see the place having tour groups go through and the fact that the story of Misty is being kept alive is also great . I often wander what will happen to the little lot across the street ,I was told this was ,at one time , another corral that Misty used the 2 gate posts are still visible . Any way my family has been enjoying the islands Chinco.and Assat. from as far back as 1965 when I was born a lot...

This is a must see for fans of the Misty books. We got a tour from a member of the Beebe family and met some of Misty's descendants (pictured); it was so cool! We got to hear behind the scenes information from someone that lived the stories. We even saw the house where Misty weathered the storm! The whole experience was wonderful, and I'm very thankful we were...