Philemon Beecher Van Trump (1839-1916), also known as P.B. Van Trump, was a pioneering mountaineer and writer who lived in Washington, United States. Van Trump' was born in Lancaster, Ohio on December 18, 1839. He was educated at Kenyon College and the University of New York. In 1867 he moved to Washington Territory as the private secretary to Marshall F. Moore, the seventh governor of the territory. Moore was Van Trump's brother-in-law. Wikipedia
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