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Elbridge Trask

1815 – 1863

Oregon pioneer

Explorer Fur trade
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About Elbridge Trask

Lived 1815 – 1863 (aged 47). Elbridge Trask was an explorer and fur trade.

Elbridge Trask also known as Eldridge Trask (July 15, 1815 – June 23, 1863) was an American fur trapper and mountain man in the Oregon Country. Immortalized by a series of modern historical novels by Don Berry, he is best known as an early white settler along Tillamook Bay on the coast of the U.S. state of Oregon. The Trask River and Trask Mountain along the Northern Oregon Coast Range are also named after him.

Early life Elbridge Trask (aka Eldridge Trask) was born on July 15, 1815, in Beverly, Massachusetts. He was the son of John and Bethiah Trask.

Frontiersman In 1835, Elbridge Trask joined the employ of the Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company of Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth.

Death Elbridge Trask died on June 23, 1863, near Tillamook in Tillamook County, Oregon. He was buried on his own property.

Descendants Elbridge Trask is further survived by a number of his great-grandchildren, including Jaycee Miller and Leif Schueler. There is a Trask family reunion yearly at the Trask River.

In popular culture In 1960 Elbridge Trask was popularized in the historical novel Trask by Don Berry. The novel, as well as its two sequels, are collectively known as the "Trask novels."

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Who was Elbridge Trask?

Oregon pioneer

When was Elbridge Trask born?

Elbridge Trask was born on 15 July 1815 in Beverly.

When did Elbridge Trask die?

Elbridge Trask died on 23 June 1863 in Tillamook.

What was Elbridge Trask's occupation?

Elbridge Trask was an explorer and fur trade.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Elbridge Trask

· Wikidata: Q5353824

· DBpedia: Elbridge Trask

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