Terri Clark
Notable Resident of the Canadian Badlands
Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark, is a
Canadian country music artist who has had success in both Canada
and the United States. Terri Clark was born on August 5, 1968 in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Clark's family eventually settled in
Medicine Hat, Alberta, where she was raised. Clark's grandparents,
Ray and Betty Gauthier, were both noted Canadian country musicians,
having opened artists such as George Jones and Johnny Cash. By high
school, Clark had grown to love country music and worked at a local
Chinese restaurant to save money to move to Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1987, after graduating high school at Crescent Heights High
School in Medicine Hat Alberta, she moved from there to Nashville,
where she got her start playing at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, a
honky-tonk bar across the alley from the Nashville's Ryman
Auditorium.
In 1995, Clark issued her first single, "Better Things to Do."
The song managed to reach the top five in both the United States
and Canada. Her debut album, Terri Clark, followed shortly after.
Clark had a hand in writing or co-writing 11 of the album's 12
tracks. Terri Clark also featured the singles "When Boy Meets
Girl," "If I Were You," and "Suddenly Single." "If I Were You"
became Clark's first No. 1 in Canada in June 1996. The album was
certified Gold by the RIAA in the United States on April 5, 1996
and Platinum on July 29, 1997. This was just the start to a career
filled with success that still continues today. Terri Clark
currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
This cache is part of the Legacy Trail produced by the Canadian
Badlands Geocaching Association for the Best of the Bad Mega
Event.
The Legacy Trail
The Legacy Trail is a collection of geocaches that circles its
way over 100 miles on country roads traversing some of the most
scenic and spectacular landscape in this part of the Canadian
Badlands. A large number of caches in a variety of types, sizes and
difficulty are placed on the Trail. Every town, village and hamlet
in the Canadian Badlands has its own cache. Some caches were named
after local historic events and people, as well as celebrities who
grew up in this area. Some caches were sponsored by geocachers who
attended the Best of the Bad Mega Event. The Legacy Trail was
produced by the Canadian Badlands Geocaching Association for the
Best of the Bad Mega Event.
The Canadian Badlands
The Canadian Badlands in Alberta are like no other place on
earth, home to the world's most extensive dinosaur bonebeds,
badlands and hoodoos, and a world-class museum that shelters a 75
million-year-old legacy. The region is rich in culturally and
historically significant sites that tell the story of the First
Nations people and early settlers, and of a complex and diverse
modern society that is still deeply rooted in the spirit of the
frontier.
