Co-Founders Best Book Award
First Place
Craig Crease, The Wanderer: James Butler Hickok and the American West
Caxton Press, 2024
Kansas City Posse
Second Place
Abraham Hoffman, Fifty Years in the Los Angeles Corral
Los Angeles Westerners, 2024
Los Angeles Corral
“Coke” Wood Award for Historical Monograph or Published Article
First Place (Tie)
Brian Dervin Dillon, Four Short Articles in the Cowboy Couture Theme
The Branding Iron
Los Angeles Westerners, 2024
Los Angeles Corral
First Place (Tie)
Doug Hocking, “The Bridge at Apache Pass”
Desert Tracks
Southern Trails Chapter, Oregon-California Trails Assoc., 2024
Cochise County Corral
Second Place
William P. MacKinnon
“Billy the Kid:
The Utah War Adventures of William F. Cody and William Kelly, 1857-1902”
Overland Journal
Oregon-California Trails Association, 2024
Santa Barbara Corral
Third Place
Chuck Lanehart
“Quanah Parker and the Battle of Blanco Canyon”
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Morris Publishing Group, 2024
Llano Estacado Corral
Phillip A. Danlelson Award for Best Presentation or Program
(award goes to the hosting corral or posse)
First Place
Cochise County Corral
Sheriff, Liz Severn
For presentation by Doug Hocking
“Escape from Mesilla”
Second Place
Palo Duro Corral
Sheriff, Mike Pacino
For presentation by Laurel K. Vartabedian
“The Northern Cheyenne Exodus: 1878”
Third Place
Jedediah Smith Corral
Sheriff, Cal Larive
For presentation by Uriah Luallin, “Phillip Wells:
Best-Unknown Historical Character in South Dakota”
Heads Up Award
Larger Corral
Denver Posse
Sheriff, Keith Dameron
Heads Up Award
Smaller Corral
Spokane Corral
Sheriff, Dick Jensen
Fred Olds Award for Cowboy Poetry
First Place
Gary Turner
“Saddles, Hats, and Spurs – I Wanna Be a Cowboy”
The Branding Iron, 2024
Los Angeles Corral |
