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Images of the Paonia Hillside
![Paonia Hillsides in 1912](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508022256im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/co/field_offices/uncompahgre_field/images_ufo.Par.20539.Image.361.230.1.gif)
![Current view of Paonia Hillsides](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508022256im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/co/field_offices/uncompahgre_field/images_ufo.Par.23814.Image.338.230.1.gif)
The images above contrast the hillsides surrounding Paonia in 1912 with the present day. The image on the left shows the hills in 1912, while the right image shows the hills today from a similar perspective. (Left image courtesy of Denver Public Library, Western Heritage Collection, W.S. Edwards 1912)
View from Cedar Hill in 1923
Fry Mesa in 1923
Barbara Sharrow, Field Office Manager
2465 S. Townsend Ave, Montrose, CO 81401
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Uncompahgre Field Office administrative headquarters.