Every year the Leckenby and Larson Awards Committee associated with the Tread of Pioneers Museum presents two awards that honor persons who have enriched the quality of life in Routt County. These citizens have served our public institutions, preserved our local history, or contributed significantly to the county's heritage. Since 1980, the Leckenby Pioneer Award has been given to a living person in Routt County; since 1982, the Stanley L. Larson Award has been given posthumously. The committee requests your help in assuring that people from all parts of the county are considered and nominated for these awards.

The nominees of the Leckenby Pioneer Award should:
1. Have lived a total of 30 years in the county. The nominee does not have to be living here now.
2. Be involved with the community, responsive to community needs (past and present) and serve as a representative of the history of the community.
3. Demonstrate personal integrity.
4. Be inspirational to youth.

Past recipients of the Leckenby Award are: Ferry Carpenter, Walt Webber, Lewis Phillips, Ayliffe and Henry Zehner, Dorothy Wither, John "Doc" Utterback, Gordon Wren, Evelyn and Quentin Semotan, Bobby Robinson, Sr., Val Fitzpatrick, Margaret Rossi, Gordy Wren, Eldon Brummett, Effie Baily, Eleanor Bliss, Vernon Summer, Marvin Elkins, Pat Holderness, Lowell Whiteman, Dee Richards, Don Lufkin, Pete Wither, Elaine Gay, Bill Bowes, Natalie Stanko, Linda Long, Frances Wither, Sam Haslem, Dr. Bill Baldwin, and Mary Jean Perry (2008).

The qualifications for the Stanley L. Larson Award are:
1. The nominee must have lived in Routt County and must now be deceased.
2. The nominee must have made a major contribution to Routt County.

Past recipients of the Larson Award are: Claude Luekens, James H. Crawford, Dr. F.E. Willett, Charles Neiman, Carl Howelsen, Minnie Hertzog, Charles H. Leckenby, James Norvell, Everett Bristol, Lulita Crawford Pritchett, Emma Willcockson, Bob Gay, Charlotte Perry, Portia Mansfield, Joseph Shorty Hamidy, William S. "Bill" Green, Gates Gooding, Dr. John V. Solandt, George Cook, Delano Scott, Sumner Hockett, Geraldine Elkins, Clarence Light, Delmar Coyner, and Robert G. "Bob" Moss (2008).

These names are listed on special plaques on the walls of the Tread of Pioneers Museum.