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Richard “Dick” Eastland, the hero director of Camp Mystic, had battled floods on the grounds for decades and even once saw ...
A Camp Mystic program director said she went from sleeping in her bed early Friday morning to standing on the rooftop less ...
Eastland, 70, was the camp director and bought the camp in 1974. When floodwaters swept through his Christen summer camp, he ...
Eastland had been part of the private Christian girls' camp since purchasing it in 1974 and had served as its director.
Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central ...
Her father, Ty Badon, joined the search for his daughter in Hunt, Texas, and told CNN that while calling out her name he ...
A Crawford girl is reflecting on her time at Camp Mystic just weeks before deadly floods claimed the lives of campers and ...
Central Texas witnessed catastrophic flash floods. At least 52 people died. Richard Eastland, Camp Mystic's director, died a ...
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THE director of Camp Mystic desperately tried to save young girls in a heartbreaking final act before the vacation spot was ... avid Texas Longhorns fanatic, my #1 fan, and above all else: a hero.
In the early morning of July 4, floods ravaged the Texas Hill Country. In less than an hour, the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet ...
“I always felt incredibly safe at camp,” said Meggie Orgain, 39, of Dallas, who spent 15 summers at Camp Mystic as a camper, counselor and office worker. “If it rained, you stayed in your cabin.