 Later American settlers came and built stores and houses there also.The Poso de Chane was a hub of trails, besides the Old Road, that linked those from the Salinas, San Juan and Santa Clara Valleys with those in the wilds of the San Joaquin Valley like Pueblo de Las Juntas, Rancho de los Californios and Rio Bravo.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.