Keywords: showman
Item 1051
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1887 Location: London Media: Photographic print
Item 80727
Frank “Big Thunder” Loring, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Indian Island; Old Town Media: Postcard
Exhibit
Great Cranberry Island's Preble House
The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder
"… mixture of farce and facts, he was an Indian showman for his time. "My great-great grandfather Frank Loring, known as Chief Big Thunder, loved Bar…"
