[3] Before the Spanish colonizers arrived to settle Alta California in 1769, approximately 2,700 Mutsun Native Americans speakers inhabited villages along the Pajaro River.

Today, most of the over 500 members of the Amah Mutsun band are descendants of the native people who were baptized at Mission San Juan Bautista.

Located off Monterey Road next to Sargent Ranch, the station quickly became a stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad, facilitating the transport of goods and passengers and spurring economic growth in the surrounding area.

[4] By 1872, southern destinations could be reached daily by taking the passenger train to Gilroy, continuing to Sargent's Station, and then proceeding by stagecoach.

Farmers in the region relied on the station to transport their crops, such as wheat, barley, and fruits, to processing plants and larger markets.

Tar, sourced from the tap springs along Monterey Road, was transported from Sargent Station to San José for use in street paving.