Los Gatos Creek , originally '' ' Arroyo Pasajero ' '' ( Traveler Creek ) or '' ' Arroyo Poso de Chane ' '' ( Pool of the Chane ) , included the Poso de Chane , a pool or waterhole on the creek , northwest of the Guijarral Hills , 6 miles from Coalinga . This pool was once the site of a village of native Americans called the Chane by the Spanish . This location became a small Spanish and later a Mexican settlement , and a way station on the El Camino Viejo . The Poso de Chane and the settlement was destroyed in the Great Flood of 1862 . However as late as 1925 the course of Los Gatos Creek east of the Guijarral Hills was referred to as Arroyo Pasajero on a USGS Topographic map of Coalinga
Great Flood of 1862
Great Flood of 1862
Los Gatos Creek (Fresno County, California)