When an experienced naturalist and game warden disappeared into the Alaskan wilderness while on patrol, alarm bells went off. What exactly happened to Hosea Sarber in July 1952 remains a dark mystery, but his descendants reached out to Park Predators to feature his story in the hopes of learning more.
Hosea Sarber (Source) Idaho State Journal
Wrangell Sentinel News Clipping
Southern Alaska Map: (Source) Google Maps
Admiralty Island Image: (Source) TravelAlaska.com
Episode Source Material
- The Daily Alaska Empire: Deer Driving Started Near Narrows Town.
- The Daily Alaska Empire: Yacht Hussar Here All Day, Seattle Bound.
- The Daily Alaska Empire: New York Sportsman and Guide To Spend Time at Hasselborg.
- The Wrangell Sentinel: Tate-Sarber Wedding Announcement.
- The Daily Alaska Empire: Game Warden Sarber Proud Father of Son.
- The Daily Alaska Empire: Game Patrol Ship Arrives Wardens Make Three Arrests on Cruise of Southeast Area.
- The Daily Alaska Empire: Game Poisoner Gets Sentenced.
- The Wrangell Sentinel: All Alaska Review.
- The Wrangell Sentinel: Dillingham Game Warden Transferred Petersburg.
- The Wrangell Sentinel: Duck Hunt Expensive for Wrangell Young Men.
- The Wrangell Sentinel: Kelly Charged with Violations Game Law.
- The Wrangell Sentinel: Warden Arrests Eight For Game Violations.
- Petersburg Press: Hosea Sarber Back From Kodiak Trip, By staff.
- The Daily Alaska Empire: Marten Starved to See If They’ll Eat Would Poison.
- The Daily Alaska Empire: Game Officials Off For 1950-51 Regulations Meet.
- The Daily Alaska Empire: Petersburg Man, Two Son, Guilty of Illegal Hunting.
- The Daily Alaska Empire: Winter Wolves in For Rough Going.
- The Wrangell Sentinel: Sportsmen’s 10th Annual Dinner To Be Held Tomorrow.
- The Daily Alaska Empire: Petersburg Salmon Season Opens with Arrest – But Not Fish.
- The Associated Press via The Seward Seaport Record. Deer Meat on Fish Boat Brings Arrest.
- The Associated Press via The Nome Nugget: Wardens Arrest Fishermen For Illegal Possession of Deer Meat.
- The Daily Alaska Empire: Wolves Beware! Hunt to Start.
- Petersburg Press: Everyone Ready To Can Salmon.
- Petersburg Press: Don’t Seine Steelhead.
- The Associated Press via The Nome Nugget: Hosea Sarber Fish and Wildlife Agent, Missing Near Petersburg.
- The Wrangell Sentinel: Hosea Sarber Missing In Pillar Bay Area.
- The Associated Press via The Vancouver Sun: Wildlife Expert Lost.
- Sidney Daily News: Wildlife Agent Dies In Alaska.
- Dayton Daily News: What Goes On…Alaskan Missing. By Jim Stuber.
- The Press Democrat: Bear Truth Comes Out As Readers Report The Fact. By Bob Baskett.
- The Brattleboro Reformer: Outdoorsman. By Perk Angwin.
- Petersburg Press: Memorial for Hosea Sarber.
- Petersburg Press: Posthumous Citation to Hosea Sarber.
- Petersburg Press: Mrs. Sarber Home from Midwest Visit.
- The Petersburg Pilot: Virginia E. Lemke, 84 Obituary.
- The Petersburg Pilot: Frank Earl Sarber, 81 Obituary.
- Juneau Empire: The legend of Hosea Sarber. By Bjorn Dihle.
- Idaho State Journal: Outdoors Commentary, Partial Loss of eyesight didn’t stop Hosea Rollo Sarber. By Smokey Merkley.
- Hosea Sarber, The Man, The Adventurer, His Letter. By Joseph A. Larkin.