Katherine McHale Slaughterback

Katherine McHale Slaughterback (July 25, 1893 – October 6, 1969), popularly called Rattlesnake Kate, but also known as Kate Garner, was a woman from Colorado. She garnered fame for an incident in which she killed 140 rattlesnakes.

Early life Katherine McHale Slaughterback was born on July 25, 1893 (or 1894 ) in a log cabin near Longmont, Colorado.

Slaughterback attended nursing school at St. Joseph's School of Nursing She was a skilled taxidermist and frequently wore pants instead of dresses, which was unusual for women of her era.

Slaughterback married and divorced six times—one of her husbands was Jack Slaughterback.

Rattlesnake namesake On October 28, 1925, Slaughterback singlehandedly killed 140 rattlesnakes.

Later in life, Slaughterback raised rattlesnakes, milking them for their venom and selling it to scientists in California. She died on 6 October 1969, and was buried in Mizpah Cemetery in Platteville, Colorado.