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“Countless” is a word often bandied about lightly, yet for Ahwatukee author, historian and writer Janelle Molony, it carries great weight.

“Countless” is a word often bandied about lightly, yet for Ahwatukee author, historian and writer Janelle Molony, it carries great weight.

The telephone was first introduced at the Centennial Exposition in 1876 and was an instant success. Although first rented only to "persons of good breeding" and seen as an expensive luxury for doctors and businessmen, the telephone soon transformed American life. Trees gave way to telephone poles as operators known as "hello girls" began to connect a sprawling continent.

A Victorian-era dwelling that had been converted into a fourplex has been restored, from the basement to the suite in the former attic.