SUN JOURNAL • November 5, 2022
David Brown and Mertley Johnson were the first Maine Game Wardens to lose their lives in the line of duty. Although there is no hard evidence, there is every reason to believe that wardens Brown and Johnson were likely murdered by Canadian poachers. It was 100 years ago this month, November 1922, that the two wardens were last seen near Big Bog a few miles west of Fifth St. John Pond. During the summer of 2020, several Game Wardens placed a stone marker which will stand the test of time and always remind visitors, who come to the campsite at Big Bog, that two brave Wardens lost their lives here so many years ago. ~ V. Paul Reynolds