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.
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.