The items range from the everyday to the extraordinary.
Pieces of jewelry and children's toys. Blankets and photographs, fine china, trophies and plaques. Keychains and stuffed animals. Clothes and dolls. A church pew. A canoe.
Some were found miles from home after being carried away by the Guadalupe River flood. They're the remnants of homes, cars, cabins, trailers and campsites. They're also pieces of people's lives, family heirlooms that in some cases hold generations of memories.
But thanks to volunteers and social media sleuths, families are being reunited with their possessions after the river flooded on July 4, killing at least 135 people. A Facebook group is connecting people who have found things along the river with flood victims searching for pieces of their lives. Several new items are added each day, even weeks after the flood.
Some items have been cleaned of the mud and dirt that soiled them. Others won't ever look the same after being washed away, buried and submerged, reemerging days or weeks later.
