Killbuck Kennels

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About

Name

• Killbuck Kennels

Agriculture

• Animal Production and Aquaculture
• Fur-bearing Animal & Rabbit Production

Facts

Founded

• 1897

Dissolved

• Date unknown

Related

Key Persons

Founders

• John Bolus

Location

• 0000 N. Grant St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio, United States

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John Bolus owned and operated the Killbuck Kennels at the back of his house property on N. Grant street where he bred and raised dogs. His specialty were English and Irish Setter dogs. His kennel had a national reputation and he often traveled to dog shows across the country in the 1880s where his dogs usually took top honors. He was also a well-known judge at many dog shows. Many of his stud dogs' names still appear in setter pedigrees today.

John Bolus owned and operated the Killbuck Kennels at the back of his house property on N. Grant street where he bred and raised dogs. His specialty were English and Irish Setter dogs. His kennel had a national reputation and he often traveled to dog shows across the country in the 1880s where his dogs usually took top honors. He was also a well-known judge at many dog shows. Many of his stud dogs' names still appear in setter pedigrees today.

Quick Facts

• 1897 - Established

Gallery

Portrait of John Bolus's dog, Mack, painted by Charles Gasche in 1878 can be seen hanging in the renovated lobby of Hotel Wooster (previously known as the Archer House hotel.)

Newspaper articles

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  Charles Gasche paints a John Bolus dog.

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  Report on Bolus's Kennel, from Wooster Weekly Republican, 1878-FEB-07 p.3

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  Charles Gasche painted, Mack, John Bolus' well-known Irish Setter dog whose portrait hung in the Archer House hotel for many years.