Charles F. Adair was born on October 19, 1874, to Irish immigrant parents in Bear Valley, California.

His father immigrated to the United States in 1833 and in 1860 moved west into Mariposa County as part of a company of men with John Fremont.

[2][3] In 1929 he was made acting Park Forester for a year where he planted two giant sequoia trees near the ranger housing in Yosemite Valley.

He is responsible for introducing golden trout into Adair lake in Yosemite which was named after him for doing this.

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