Poso de Chane, California

The Poso also became an important stop at the end of the La Vereda del Monte, (The Mountain Path), was used by mesteñeros, to move their herds of mesteños or mustangs, southward from Point of Timber in eastern Contra Coasta County, through Livermore Valley, then through the remote regions of the Diablo Range to end at the Pozo.

From there mustangs were driven southward on various routes of La Vereda del Caballo through Southern California and across the Colorado and Altar Deserts into Sonora, Mexico.

[3]: 27–28 The Poso de Chane was destroyed in the Great Flood of 1862, when a deep channel was cut draining the pool.

The surrounding land, gardens, vines and trees died, turning it into a desolate location to be supplied with water only by digging wells.

Gustave was also the first to begin raising grain on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley in Fresno County.