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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