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 ...

For nearly a century, Texas’s Camp Mystic has been a beloved summertime hub of joy for generations of girls across the state. Located along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, Texas, the all ...

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 ...

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.

Camp Mystic is a Christian retreat for girls that was established in 1926. It is a beloved institution where prominent Texas families, including the Bushes, have sent their daughters for decades.

Texas Flood Camp Mystic alumni mourn, remember and carry on A catastrophic flood has shown the world what Texans already knew. A Hill Country camp is not just a place. It is a spirit.

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.

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.

KERR COUNTY, Texas – The mother of Camp Mystic camper Blakely McCrory shared letters that her daughter sent before the fatal Hill Country Floods. Lindsey McLeod McCrory said she’d told her 8 ...

HELD: Now after the disaster at Camp Mystic, sleepaway camps across the U.S. have been seeking to reassure parents who often also send their kids away in nature near rivers, lakes and forests.