Academic Background:

Ph.D. University of Idaho
J.D. Western State University College of Law
M.A. California State University, Los Angeles
A.B. Occidental College
A.A. Pasadena City College

Dissertation:

The Conceptualization and Development of Pedestrian Recreational Wilderness 
Trails in the American West, 1890-1940: A Landscape History

Professional Membership:

Western History Association
The Historical Society
State Bar of Montana
Frontier Heritage Alliance - Board of Directors
National Association of Scholars
Civil War Preservation Trust
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
The Huntington Library
American Association of University Professors