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Camp Mystic Owners’ Legacy: ‘If You’re a Camper, You Know Who They Are’
For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past ...
Third Austin girl confirmed as victim in Camp Mystic flooding
Abby, who was 8 years old and a student at Casis Elementary, is the third child from Austin confirmed to have died in the ...
Body of missing 8-year-old Camp Mystic camper found: ‘She was tiny but mighty’
The body of a young Houston girl reported missing during the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County has been found.
Evacuations and Lost Cabins: A Century of Floods at Camp Mystic
Some camps in the region had to be evacuated, and local newspapers described how Camp Mystic was among those cut off from the ...
Almost 20 Camp Mystic cabins were in known flood zone — despite recent $5M overhaul of century-old site
At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely ...
Richard ‘Dick’ Eastland, Camp Mystic’s 74-year-old owner, died while leading campers to safety during the devastating floods
Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner and director of Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, died while helping campers get to ...
These Texas twins shared made-up games and story time. They died together at Camp Mystic
Neither will ever get a chance to fulfill those dreams. The twins, who had just finished second grade, died along with 25 ...
After Camp Mystic, what parents can ask camps about extreme weather prep
Traditional summer camps are, by design, exposed to nature. As climate change makes summers more intense, how much should ...