ʻO ka Plott Hound kekahi o nā mamo a nā ʻīlio hahai holoholona Kelemania, nā ʻīlio ʻala Hanoverian. ʻO Hound ka huaʻōlelo Pelekane no ka ʻīlio. ʻElua mau kaikunāne me ka inoa ʻo Plott i lawe mai i nā ʻīlio mai Kelemānia a hiki i North Carolina i nā makahiki 1750.
Ma laila, hoʻohana ʻia ka Plott Hound no ka hahai ʻana i nā bea, nā puaʻa puaʻa, a me nā raccoons ma nā wahi mauna. Hiki i kēia ʻano ʻīlio ke loaʻa nā raccoons ma nā kumulāʻau. Ma muli o kēia, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Plott Coonhound.
Ua ʻike paha ʻoe ʻo ka Plott Hound ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo State Dog o ka mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika ʻo North Carolina? I ka hapanui o nā hihia, loaʻa i ka State Dogs kahi pilina mōʻaukala i kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina.