LIAR! LIAR! and other Dannebrog, NE Things to Do Tips

I'm not a Dannebrog resident, but here's how I understand it. Local resident and CBS reporter Roger Welch sometimes met television personality Dick Cavett and the late Charles Kuralt of CBS fame at a local tavern and the three proceeded to exchange stories. Sometimes the late Johnny Carson was involved as well. Somehow this led to a sort of competition and, well, you get the idea. In fact, Johnny Carson won the competition one year. By the way, Dick Cavett is from the town of Gibbon, Nebraska. Inside you will find a variety of interesting items for browsing. This is a good place to buy books written by Roger Welch. I bought one that tells the "behind the scenes" stories of how his "Postcards from Nebraska" were filmed.

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Directions: Turn south at Harriet's Cafe, it will be on the west side of the street. I think those are the right directions. I think.

Dannebrog is on highway 11 north of Wood River, Nebraska.

Here is the Dannebrog Post Office, made famous by local resident Roger Welch. Welch for years produced five-minute segments for the "CBS Sunday Morning" program. These segments were called "Postcards from Nebraska" and they gave city folk a glimpse of what rural life is really like.
My favorite "postcard" has Roger Welch standing in front of this post office explaining the fact that in small towns, they don't need addresses. They don't need addresses because everybody knows where everybody else lives, so they just drive there!
He told the story of how a lady in New York was to ship him a package but she needed a complete mailing address or she could not send it. So, to make her happy, Roger made up an address that involved lines like "loading dock 113D, 327th street" and so on. The mailman brought the package right to Roger's mailbox anyway.

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Directions: The post office is on the south edge of the main business street.

Dannebrog is on highway 58, north of Cairo, Nebraska.

THERE IS A NICE TRAIL THAT YOU WILL SEE BY THE ROAD IF YOU ARE COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 58.

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Directions: Part of it is west of town but it goes all over.

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THINGS WE SAW.

CLICK THE PHOTO TO SEE MORE..............

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Directions: ALL OVER