Kettleman City is located on the shores of what used to be the Tulare Lake, the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi. It was drained as part of a massive campaign to reshape the San Joaquin Valley to serve the needs of farmers.
Margaret Tebbe, Katie Vo and Taranjot Bhari. 11 September 2023, "Tulare Lake", Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 8 November 2023, accessed 2 December 2024. http://465538.bc062.asia/content/tulare-lake
