▁ ▁Pre - Col umb ian ▁Histor ians ▁speak ▁of ▁the ▁area ▁around ▁G orm an , ▁California ▁( just ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁cr est ▁of ▁the ▁Te jon ▁Pass ), ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁oldest ▁continu ously ▁used ▁road side ▁rest ▁stops ▁in ▁California ." ▁This ▁is ▁because ▁pre - Col umb ian ▁ind igen ous ▁Cal if or ni ans ▁" w ould ▁have ▁stopped ▁there ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁Tat av iam ▁village ▁of ▁K ul sh ra ' je k ", ▁a ▁trad ing ▁cross ro ads ▁for ▁hundreds ▁to ▁thousands ▁of ▁years . ▁▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁In ▁ 1 7 7 2 , ▁Lieutenant ▁Pedro ▁F ages ▁crossed ▁the ▁pass ▁in ▁purs uit ▁of ▁military ▁deser ters , ▁and ▁named ▁it ▁Por te z uel o ▁de ▁Cort es ▁( C ort es ▁Pass ). ▁ ▁F ages ▁also ▁named ▁the ▁can y on ▁beyond ▁the ▁pass ▁leading ▁down ▁into ▁the ▁Tul are ▁Bas in , ▁C añ ada ▁de ▁las ▁U vas ▁( C any on ▁of ▁the ▁G rap es ) ▁for ▁all ▁the ▁gra pe ▁v ines ▁growing ▁in ▁it . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁El ▁Cam ino ▁Vie jo , ▁a ▁road ▁between ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁the ▁Mission ▁Santa ▁Clara ▁de ▁As is ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁travel ▁north ▁and ▁south ▁along ▁the ▁western ▁San ▁Jo aqu in ▁Valley . ▁It ▁crossed ▁over ▁the ▁pass ▁and ▁turned ▁west ward ▁up ▁C ud dy ▁C