John Tarlizzo is a University of Wisconsin Madison student graduating in the class of 2025. He is majoring in Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, and Marketing with a certificate in History. John has always had a passion for history and is honored to be published alongside so many other great historical minds!
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OBJECT HISTORY: Wooden Curling Stone
Curling "stones" have not always been made of stone. This object, from Lodi, offers a view into what life was like for Wisconsinites as they formed their own culture and helped the sport evolve into what it has become today.
The Lodi Curling Club: 150 Years of Curling
How do you bring leisure and fun to a newly founded city? Build a curling club of course! At least that’s what James Otis Eaton did just over a decade after the small Wisconsin town of Lodi was officially founded in 1869.
Curling’s Growth in Wisconsin
When the Scottish migrated to the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they brought more with them then just bagpipes; they brought the growth of curling.