The railroad bridge in Pine City, Wash., was the graffiti target of two rival high schools in 2017. Students from St. John-Endicott named it Eagle Country after their school mascot. Students from Rosalia responded. They painted a B in front of Eagle. Then it was Beagle Country. Pine City, a virtual ghost town in the Palouse wheat lands, is otherwise a peaceful place. When I stopped here all I heard were songbirds. Lots of them. Then I met a retired husband and wife. Their son worked in the town's grain elevator. And they were charming. When I asked who owned the Uncle Sam mailbox down the street the wife blurts "That's ours! I need to give it a fresh coat of paint." The old church above was damaged in a 2017 fire.
