The duo offered a place where parents knew their daughters would be enriched and happy. During the tragic floods, Dick Eastland died trying to save them.

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Richard ‘Dick’ Eastland, co-owner of Camp Mystic, tragically died in Hunt, Texas, during flash floods while heroically attempting to rescue campers. Eastland, 74, was swept away as he guided young girls to safety.

Richard "Dick" Eastland, the owner of Camp Mystic, the girls' camp on the Guadalupe River which was hit by flooding in Texas on the Fourth of July — killing some of the campers and leaving ...

Nearly 30 campers at the 99-year-old Hill Country institution are still missing after flooding devastated the area on Friday.