Philemon B. Van Trump was in the first party of European-Americans, in 1870, to summit Mount Rainier. He summited at least five other times, once guiding noted naturalist John Muir. When not at the mountain, he lived in Olympia and Yelm. In this photo from around 1911, he is shown here at Paradise Valley, holding his trusty alpenstock (hiking stick).
Photo about 1911, Courtesy State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1950.1301.22
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2022