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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 ...
Camp Mystic’s ‘littlest souls’ were nurtured in Bubble Inn. All the cabin’s girls and 2 counselors were lost in the Texas flood
Bubble Inn saw generations of 8-year-olds enter as strangers and emerge as confident young ladies equipped with new skills ...
Melania Trump honors lives lost at Camp Mystic: We are here to 'support, help'
Fox News' Chanley Painter provides details on President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump's trip to Kerrville, Texas, as officials continue recovery efforts.
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 ...
Camp Mystic’s owner warned of floods for decades. Then the river killed him
Dick Eastland, the Camp Mystic owner who pushed for flood alerts on the Guadalupe River, was killed in last week’s deadly ...
How the Tragedy at Camp Mystic Unfolded, Cabin by Cabin
Amid chaos from the flood, campers huddled with young counselors—many unaware of the devastation just yards away.
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 ...
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 ...
After Camp Owner Died Helping Campers in Texas Flood, His Grieving Family Is 'Trying to Make Sense' of the Tragedy
"Their focus is fighting through that grief to stay connected with the families of their campers and helping them in any way ...