05-07-2025
Generations of Campers Mourn a Texas Institution Devastated by Floods
Each summer, the daughters of senators, governors, oil barons and other Texas royalty would pass through the gates of Camp Mystic on the banks of the Guadalupe River in the state's Hill Country.
Once on the other side, they would leave behind their prominent last names and become Mystic girls, devoted to kindness, self-improvement and fair play while living in a realm with its own traditions and rituals conjured by generations of the same family.
