In 1975, he published a guidebook to the range called Wind River Trails; in 1977 the University of Wyoming gave him an honorary doctorate. The United States Congress named the mountain Mitchell Peak after him — one of the few landforms to ever be named after a living American.
In 1975, he created a guidebook for the Wind River Trails range; in 1977, the University of Wyoming granted him an honorary doctoral degree. The United States Congress recognized him by naming the mountain Mitchell Peak — one of the few natural features to be named after a living American.