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The hero Camp Mystic director Richard “Dick” Eastland had battled floods on the grounds for decades and even once saw his pregnant wife airlifted from the property because of a deluge ...
Hero Texas camp director Richard “Dick” Eastland battled floods for decades and even saw his pregnant wife once airlifted off the grounds to a hospital because of a deluge.
LETTERS that were written by children staying at Camp Mystic have started to arrive at their families’ homes after they died ...
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At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely hazardous” by the county.
A MOM who lost her daughter in the floods that swept through Texas’ Camp Mystic has shared details of a letter she wrote before her death.  Notes that children had written to their parents ...
Dick Eastland, the Camp Mystic owner who pushed for flood alerts on the Guadalupe River, was killed in last week’s deadly surge.
Camp Mystic, which largely sits in a flood-prone area, lost 27 campers and counselors in the disaster. No cabin suffered more than Bubble Inn. Most of its 15 campers and counselors were killed.
Jane Ragsdale had been with Heart O' The Hills camp for almost 50 years. Jeeper Ragsdale's sister, Jane, woke him up with a call at about 3:30 a.m. on July 4, telling him the water was rising. It ...
The all-girls Christian camp has been hailed as a place where young girls could go to bond and be themselves in a slice of Central Texas. But it was one of the hardest-hit locations the morning of ...
Camp Mystic owner and executive director Dick Eastland. - Courtesy George Eastland. Dick Eastland warned for decades about the hidden dangers of the beautiful but volatile Guadalupe River, ...