Sundial Books

Sundial Books in Chincoteague, Virginia, stands in one of the few areas that was not destroyed by the 1924 fire.

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Remembering what was once there: What stood in Chincoteague 100 years before the Pony Swim

Remembering what was once there: What stood in Chincoteague 100 years before the Pony Swim

Before houses, shops and attractions lined Main Street on Chincoteague Island, there once stood an ice cream shop, a hotel, a post office and a factory. Just over 100 years ago, the island was filled with dirt roads and wood and brick buildings, according to assistant director of the Museum of Chincoteague Island Cindy Faith. “It looks sort of like any movie set that you would have seen out west depicting the turn of the century,” Faith said.