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Christian girls summer camp devastated by floods holds decades-long history with presidents, Texas politicos
Camp Mystic has deep roots with Texas politicians, including former first lady Laura Bush, who worked as a counselor there, ...
Camp Mystic, the haven on the Guadalupe River, has drawn campers for nearly a century
Camp Mystic, the summer haven torn apart by a deadly flood, has been a getaway for girls to make lifelong friends and find ...
Robert Earl Keen on Texas Flood Relief: ‘Do As Much As You Can, for As Long As You Can’
Robert Earl Keen, a Texas music legend who has a ranch in Kerrville and whose daughters attended Camp Mystic, talks about the ...
'Blakely was light and life:' Houston family mourns loss of 8-year-old camper lost in July 4 floods
For close to 100 years, the eight-year-old's family members spent their summers at camps along the region's glittering hills ...
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At nearly 100 years old, Camp Mystic now associated with tragedy
In the Texas Hill Country, among the most prominent providers of such memories is Camp Mystic, about 18 miles west of Kerrville and along the Guadalupe River. Since 1926, this private Christian ...
Texans with deep roots at Camp Mystic, a 100-year-old Hill Country tradition
Founded in 1926 by Doc Stewart, a former University of Texas head football coach, Camp Mystic has welcomed generations of ...
Remembering Camp Mystic before the river rose: Heaven on earth and the sacredness of girlhood
This is camp, and camp is heaven on earth, home away from home, a retreat from the rest of their lives for two or four weeks at a time.
Texas officials long feared for riverbank summer camps. A warning system was rejected as too expensive
Camp Mystic, the Christian girl’s camp, reported that 27 campers and staffers had been killed in last week’s flash flooding ...