When Lloyd "Trapper" Nelson went on his first foray into the back-country of Alaska back in 1920, he couldn't have known then the eventual impact he was going to have on the way people the world over carried their belongings. What he did know, however, was that one day he would go back home to Bremerton Washington and employ some folks who lived and worked in that town to help him develop what would become known as the first Trager "backpack."

Trager USA is proud of the fact that they can make a product right here in the good old US-of-A that will serve someone literally, well…for life. Trager backpacks are created with the best component materials available, from fabric, to zippers, to buckles, and straps and assembled in Washington state in the beautiful Northwestern United States.