He also built a toll road from Bell Station to Pacheco Pass.
South of Pacheco Pass, the only major nearby communities (those with a population over 15,000) are Los Baños, and Hollister.
Afterward the gang crossed Pacheco Pass, and went to Santa Cruz County.
It was renamed for Lafayette F. Bell, who had built a saloon at the entrance to a road over Pacheco Pass.
Later, Bell bought the road over Pacheco Pass from Andrew Firebaugh and began charging a toll for passage.
A portion of Route 152 from Bell Station to Pacheco Pass was a toll road from sometime in the 1840s until 1878.
After the murders the Gang crossed over Pacheco Pass, and went into hiding at a camp in the mountains above Corralitos.
Gusty winds are common in the late afternoon, especially in the vicinity of nearby Pacheco Pass.
The park entrance is on Dinosaur Point Road, a short distance from California State Route 152 near Pacheco Pass.
It was located on the stage coach route across the San Joaquin Valley, from Visalia to Pacheco Pass.