Clark’s mother, Sally, who also worked for a local mill, is an artist and musician and the two played together in a group called Sagebrush and Satin, gigging around local fairs and grange halls.

Carlson’s studio, which is decorated like a cozy cabin in the woods, sits behind a peeling and deserted old grange hall.

Before Nashville beckoned, a 19-year-old Clark played in a family band with her mother called Sagebrush and Satin, gigging around local fairs, festivals and grange halls.

Washington state granges have a strong history of nonpartisan legislative involvement.

Before mini-mansions stood along River Road, there were farms, a country store, a grange hall.