Mark Carter has students digging for area history

Mark Carter, the new long term teacher in the Clearbrook-Gonvick High School has a new project for his students in one of his classes. Mr. Carter has asked them to find out why area towns are named. They won’t be able to find out where the original names came from in Wikipedia so they are going to have to start digging for the information. Later they can submit their findings to the web site.
Carter will finish out the school year teaching College American Literature, High School American Literature, Composition and Mass Communication.
Park Rapids is his home town and that is where he graduated from high school. He spent one year at Oak Hills, two years getting a Natural Resource Associate Degree before finishing at Bemidji State University with a major in English. He has taught school in Park Rapids, Duluth, Spokane and now at Clearbrook-Gonvick.
He worked in Spokane, Washington as an editor for a publication and internet marketing. Mark and his wife Beth moved back to Park Rapids from Spokane to help with his aging parents and their diversified farm. The farm produces several things including produce, dairy and hogs which is now being run by his younger brother. His father who founded Carter’s Red Wagon Farm near Park Rapids almost 50 years ago passed away in January of this year.
The Red Compass Theatre in Park Rapids is a professional theater company that trains performers and produces and promotes the performing arts. Mark Carter is the Artistic Director along with David Overly the Executive Direct and Andra Hill the Production Manager.
Running sled dogs near Ely and portraying voyagers from the 1700 to early 1800’s are things that he likes to do in his spare time.
Mark and Beth have three children Clinton, Tessa and Steven.
Welcome to the area.