The Treeing walker is a type of coonhound that is derived from the Walker strain of American foxhound.
The article is here.
This article focuses more on the Treeing Walker coonhound, which is derived from the Walker strain of American foxhound. Most show-type American foxhounds registered with the AKC are actually Walker foxhounds. The Treeing Walker is actually the UKC’s top breed in terms of registrations.
I also talk about Appalachian hunting practices in this article, and how they differ from the Tidwater hunts, which are very similar to the way the English do it.
This is another dog of the backwoods hunter.
Kentucky geneology being what it is, Dr. Thomas Walker may or may not be a relative of mine through Annie Walker Burns who started the Mountain Laurel Festival in Pineville, KY. Annie Walker Burns wrote a book about Thomas Walker, as did my own father. A few linkages to terriers and American history here >> http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2004/12/americas-founding-terrier.html.
Patrick