Elbridge Trask | |
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| Born | July 15, 1815 |
| Died | June 23, 1863 (aged 48) |
| Resting place | Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Eldridge Trask |
| Occupation(s) | frontiersman, hunter, fur trapper, guide, explorer |
| Employer(s) | Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company, partner with Jim Bridger, self-employed |
| Known for | Being a mountain man and explorer of the American West Coast, Tillamook Bay south along the Oregon Coast in the Oregon Country and the first white family to settle in the bay |
| Spouse | Hannah Able |
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.