As volcanic rocks are easy to dig, inhabitants of the area used it to create their homes and places of worship. (myfavouriteescapes.com)
Research has determined that early inhabitants of that area were domesticating corn as early as 5000 B.C.. (fieryfoodscentral.com)
For a 2016 exhibition at Real Fine Arts in New York, «Heartbreak Highway», Henke dedicated small sculptural doll houses in the shape of horses» hooves to the former inhabitants of the area who had been displaced by the BQE. (frieze.com)