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Katherine Slaughterback (Rattlesnake Kate)

Katherine Slaughterback (1893–1969) was a dryland prairie homesteader on the Colorado plains. In 1925 she became known as Rattlesnake Kate after she  killed 140 rattlesnakes, allegedly in self-defense, in Weld County. Her story, which is likely an…

Walter and Anna Zion Homestead

The Walter and Anna Zion Homestead is the only known surviving farm complex in eastern Colorado with original sod buildings. Located midway between Idalia and Vernon in Yuma County, the homestead was settled by the Zions in 1909, and the sod buildings…