The Trask river was named after Elbridge
Trask and his land title certificate was no. 3926. Elbridge was a
native of Massachusetts and came to Oregon the first time in Wyeth's
brig May Dacre in 1834. In the fall of 1835 he left for the Rocky
Mountains to trap animals. Trask returned to Oregon in 1842 and settled
on Clatsop Plains in 1843. He moved from there to Tillamook County in
August 1852 and died June 22, 1863 at the age of 49. A post office was
opened and named Trask on April 25, 1872 and operated intermittently,
and not always in the same location, until October of 1906.
McArthur, Lewis A., and Lewis L. McArthur. Oregon Geographic Names. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1974. Print
In 1852 Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge Trask settled on a Donation Land Claim on Hoquarton prairie with a family of eight. A house and other buildings were erected near the river and the Trask River was named in honor of the family.
Tillamook Pioneer Association. Tillamook Memories; Places We Love Come Back to Us as Sweet Music. Tillamook, Or.: Tillamook Pioneer Association, 1972. Print.
McArthur, Lewis A., and Lewis L. McArthur. Oregon Geographic Names. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1974. Print
In 1852 Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge Trask settled on a Donation Land Claim on Hoquarton prairie with a family of eight. A house and other buildings were erected near the river and the Trask River was named in honor of the family.
Tillamook Pioneer Association. Tillamook Memories; Places We Love Come Back to Us as Sweet Music. Tillamook, Or.: Tillamook Pioneer Association, 1972. Print.
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