What is the Hubcap Ranch?

the hubcap ranch is in Pope Valley California. it is owned by Mike Damonte(my father)

but the real landlord is Midge Damonte, his father. the hubcap ranch was started by Litto Damonte the first when he came from Italy as a marble, and cement smith. he one day found a hubcap on the road outside of his ranch. he descided to hang it on the fence so that when the car came back, they would find it. eventually they didnt come back, and more people lost their hubcaps on that swervey old dirt road, and eventually there where more hubcaps on the fence. people thought that he pourposely put them up there and that he planned to put more up. they would come and bring him hubcaps, or hang them on the fence as they went by.then when he figured out what people were doing, he started himself. the hubcap ranch is full of folk art and animals, and now there are at the very least a good number more than 2,300, and over the past years we've seen many people like the show Bay Area Back Roads, Gordon Huethor a Napa Valley artist whose mailbox stands on the way in(he also did a big project in Napa which involved many hubcaps), Deane Dillan, and many others. if you are interested in going here our address is 6654 Pope Valley Road, Pope Valley, California. if you want to mail, mail it to P.O. box 174, Pope Valley CA. 94567. remember if the front gate is closed no one is home. Once at the Hubcap Ranch, ask for Litto(me) and if I'm not there, ask for Mike.