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Camp Mystic was the totemic rite of passage for girls from establishment families in the American South: Lyndon Johnson sent his daughters there, Laura Bush worked there as a counselor years before ...
The emergency weather alert had come early Fourth of July morning: There would be life-threatening flash flooding in Kerr ...
Camp Mystic's executive director began evacuating campers approximately 45 minutes after the National Weather Service issued ...
When the Guadalupe River rose to historic heights shortly before dawn on the Fourth of July, it swept away miles of homes, ...
Former campers and counselors speak on how the famed Hill Country camp became more than a place for summer games.
Camp Mystic director Dick Eastland and other rescuers used SUVs to move girls to safety from three cabins closest to the ...
A spokesperson for Camp Mystic and its owner's family cannot confirm whether flash flood emergency alerts reached personnel ...
Texas flood at Camp Mystic prompts summer camps to enhance weather monitoring and communication tools as more camps seek accreditation for improved safety standards.
The National Weather Service issued an urgent flood warning at 1:14 a.m. July 4th. Camp personnel did not start moving girls ...
Sleepover camps are seen as an American tradition. But the deaths of so many children at Camp Mystic during the Texas floods have led some parents to question the safety of the camps.
On July 16, 1945, the United States detonated the first nuclear bomb in New Mexico on what’s now the White Sands Missile Range. About 40 miles away from the Trinity test site, a group of girls at a ...
In the week since the flood, generations of Mystic Girls are turning to each other. They are seeking the familiar that takes them back to camp.