One-room schoolhouse northeast of Tucson in 1956
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The Redington School northeast of Tucson was founded in 1907. It had no electricity or running water. The small number of students traveled long distances to get to school. Archive photos by Tucson Citizen. Produced by Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
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âGood schools do not happen. People working together build them," said Best, 1902-1983, who oversaw schools, many of them one-room schoolhouses in remote spots of northern Arizona.Â
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