Although the history of the breed cannot be verified until 1979, the Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog is widely considered the descendant of the Mountain Bulldog, the old southern white and old country bulldog. These bulldogs, now extinct, were first brought from England in the 18th century by early southern settlers and raised by farmers and hunters in the pockets of the South. Being European dogs and unaccustomed to heat and others, they were crossed with regional rugs and mastiffs to produce a harder pattern.