ISAAC ADAIR (1860)

Isaac Adair was born in Ohio May 2, 1835. His first occupation after attaining his majority was that of boatman on a canal. In 1860 he came to Denver as a teamster for Majors and Russell, the overland freighters and stage proprietors. For many years, he was engaged in freighting with mule teams from the Missouri River to as far west as Salt Lake and Oregon.

While the Union Pacific [Railroad] was being built he was engaged as a contractor, furnishing ties and timber for the company. In January 1870 he was married to V. Anna Shores of Cheyenne and shortly afterwards went to Pleasant Valley, Larimer County, where they lived until 1875 when they located on Upper Box elder and engaged in ranching, dairying and stock growing. There the family lived until 1904 when old age and declining health admonished them to sell their mountain holdings and move to Fort Collins.

Mr. Adair died October 19, 1907, at Fort Collins, his wife survived him but a short time. They left one daughter, Mrs. Dora Hazard of Central City, Colorado.

Source: The Real Pioneers of Colorado by Marie Davies McGrath, vol. 1 pg. 5.