The project centers on California’s water history. In the early 1900s, Los Angeles was a growing city in need of water. The city bought the land all around Owens Lake and the river leading up to it over 200 miles away. The city built the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and by 1927, Owens Lake, which once had steamboats on it, dried up. Soon after it dried up, it became one of the most carcinogenic locations in the United States. It remained this way until the mid-1990’s. After the 1990s, Los Angeles began dust mitigation measures to reduce toxic dust, including tillage and shallow flooding. Because of the flooding, halite and trona crystals grow in the brine. Without the Owens Lake drying up and the dust mitigation, the crystals wouldn't exist. The crystals dissolve back into the water when rain and snow come in the winter months, and regrow as spring and summer dry up, concentrating the water to create a more saline solution. A goal of this project is to share the history of Owens and the Eastern Sierra and shed light on an object that represents California’s water history.