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Camp Mystic Director Dies in Texas Flooding Amid Effort to Rescue Children
Eastland, 70, was the camp director and bought the camp in 1974. When floodwaters swept through his Christen summer camp, he tried to save the lives of his young campers and gave his life in the process, Fox News reported. Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) wrote of Eastland’s devotion to the camp.
Camp staff went to bed following what seemed like routine flood warnings. Within hours, they were fighting for survival.
For nearly a century, Camp Mystic has been the Hill Country respite for Dallas’ daughters.
Follow along for developments on the July Fourth floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County and Central Texas.
Camp Mystic, on the banks of the Guadalupe River near Hunt, Texas, has been operated by generations of the same family since ...
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