The Doolittle's Hundred-Acre Family Farm
Audio talks by Fred Doolittle

For three generations the Doolittles lived and worked on a family farm near Broad Brook in what later became the western corner of Pisgah State Park. Fred Doolittle, who was born in 1928, remembers his father Forrest and the work he and his family accomplished on the hundred-acre farm. In 1968 the State of New Hampshire purchased the Doolittle property and demolished the farm buildings to accommodate the formation of Pisgah State Park.

The 1938 Hurricane
Fred Doolittle recalls the passage and aftermath of the Hurricane of 1938 through the wilds of Pisgah forest. A ten-year-old boy at the time, Fred remembers the devastation of property, dislocation of families, and process of reconstruction created by the storm.

The Power of Eminent Domain
Fred Doolittle remembers his father Forrest and describes growing up on the Doolittle farm, which later became part of Pisgah State Park. Fred summarizes his unsuccessful attempt to purchase the family farm before the State destroyed the Doolittle home.

Doolittle Farm
Fred Doolittle recollects the layout and the daily activities the family undertook on the Doolittle farm, where more than 100 bushels of potatoes were harvested and 700 apple trees were pruned each year. The Doolittle homestead was demolished when the State purchased the land to form Pisgah Park in 1968.