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.