The Texas summer time camp hit by large flooding on Friday has been in the identical household for generations and counts family members of prime Texas politicians amongst its alumnae.
Rescue crews proceed to seek for two dozen kids from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer time camp for women within the Texas Hill Nation. The highly effective storm that raised the Guadalupe River by 26 ft in simply 45 minutes on Friday has killed a minimum of 24 individuals.
The camp didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Camp Mystic was first established in 1926 by “Doc” Stewart, a College of Texas coach, in keeping with the camp’s web site.
In 1939, it was bought by Agnes Stacy and her husband “Pop” Stacy. They and their kids—Anne Stacy Eastland Spears and William Gillespie Stacy Jr.—saved the camp in steady operation, besides when it served as a rehabilitation and restoration camp for World Struggle II veterans from 1943 to 1945.
The present house owners and government administrators are Dick and Tweety Eastland, who’re the third technology to handle Camp Mystic. Dick, who’s Agnes Stacy’s grandson, and Tweety additionally make their dwelling at Mystic, in keeping with the web site.
The camp has reportedly drawn women from prime Texas households throughout its century-long historical past. The daughters of Texas Governors Worth Daniel, Dan Moody, and John Connally have attended, in keeping with a Texas Month-to-month article from 2011.
As well as, the daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters of President Lyndon Johnson additionally went to the camp as nicely a daughter and a granddaughter of James Baker, who served in prime roles for a number of presidents.
Earlier than shopping for Camp Mystic together with her husband in 1939, Agnes Stacy was a robust believer that ladies ought to take part in sports activities.
In accordance with Texas Month-to-month, Anne Morgan—the daughter of banking magnate J. P. Morgan—requested Stacy to assist rebuild France after World Struggle I. Stacy developed a bodily schooling program to assist kids traumatized by the battle.
After coming back from Europe, Stacy taught bodily schooling on the College of Texas, then took a job on the camp that may turn out to be Mystic, the report mentioned.
She and her husband bought every thing they owned and borrowed $50,000, an infinite sum on the time, to buy the camp after the proprietor died.
Stacy sought to foster emotional and bodily self-reliance amongst its campers, in keeping with Texas Month-to-month, which cited an previous brochure from her time.
“By shut contact with women their very own age, Mystic aspires to develop in its campers loyalty, open-mindedness, and tolerance of particular person variations,” it mentioned.
