Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"Big Thunder Frank "Big Thunder" Loring, ca. 1890Abbe Museum Big Thunder Towering in height and personality, Frank “Big Thunder” Loring…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"1909Jesup Memorial Library Frank “Big Thunder” Loring, ca. 1884Abbe Museum Mount Desert Island began to change both culturally and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… going to church “looked like a bird-of-paradise in a barn-yard.” From Bar Harbor Days, by Mrs. Burton Harrison, 1887. Continue to Big Thunder"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… or hunting including Penobscots Frank “Big Thunder” Loring, Joe Francis, Mitchell Francis, and Newell Mitchell, along with Passamaquoddies Wallace…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The thundering logs swept everything before them until they reached the dam just below the bridge. At this point on the river were located the mills…"