- For William F. Cody’s Wyoming Empire; The Buffalo Bill Nobody Knows:
- Western Writers of America, Finalist for 2008 Spur Award in Historical Non-fiction
- Society of Midland Authors, Finalist for 2008 Award in Biography
- Wyoming State Historical Society, 2008 Award in Biography
- For Home in the Valley; Powell’s First Century:
- Wyoming State Historical Society, 2009 Award in Reference
- Outstanding Alumnus of the University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences, 2008
- 2011 Honorary Doctorate, University of Wyoming
- Jointly received the Sertoma Service to Mankind Award, with Barbara Bonner, 2005
- First recipient of the Robert Bonner Distinguished Service Award from the Laura Baker Services Association Board, 2009