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It is not known for sure who made the first ascent of Mount Stuart.

According to Fred Beckey: " Claude Rusk ... was told by Frank Bryant of Yakima about finding a stick at the summit bearing the name ` Angus McPherson — 1873.

' A. H. Sylvester, who climbed to the summit in 1897 and 1899 for triangulation, believed the first ascent was made by Richard U. Goode and Frank Tweedy during the Northern Pacific land survey about 1890 or 1885.

" Also, since the easiest route is not technical, a much earlier Native American ascent is a possibility.