Ruth Tilton talks about her involvement in Tri-M, the Girl Scouts, a bridge club, and other clubs and societies upon moving to Palisade, Colorado. She speaks about skiing on the Grand Mesa with her husband Forrest Tilton in the 1930’s, and about skiing near Leadville. She discusses the history of the Palisade Public Library from its humble beginnings inside of a downtown store, and her involvement in recording and preserving Palisade’s local history. She talks about helping to form the Palisade chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood in 1928. She describes river rafting through the Grand Canyon and many other places. She speaks about meeting Pearl Baker, an author who wrote about the outlaw Butch Cassidy. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
