But Camp Mystic was a haven where Blakely’s grief gave way to joy. “She was so excited, and it came at such a good time since she lost her daddy,” McCrory said.

Carr blamed communication failures, saying that cell phone service at Camp Mystic is spotty even in clear weather. "Communication was a huge deficiency," Carr told the Associated Press.

Camp Mystic, which is set to celebrate its centennial next year, was founded in 1926 by E.J. “Doc” Stewart, who coached football and basketball at the University of Texas, according to the ...

The children who lost their lives at Camp Mystic were not scattered through the camp. Almost every one of them was in either the Bubble Inn or Twins cabins, which housed the youngest campers.

The tragic flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country at Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp in Kerrville, Texas, is causing summer camps across the U.S. to reevaluate their emergency ...

Camp Mystic leader may not have seen urgent alert before Texas flood, family spokesman says A spokesman for Camp Mystic, the Texas enclave devastated by a July 4 flash flood, is raising concerns ...

He was the camp’s owner, the home plate umpire during softball, the master fisherman, model husband and big-time Longhorns fan. Mystic has been in Eastland’s family since 1939.