SHAYNA: DO YOU KNOW WHERE MOUNT WASHINGTON IS?
WASHINGTON IS? NOT THE ONE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BAY
STATE'S MOUNT WASHINGTON.
TED TAKES US THERE AFTER
WORKING OUT A FEW PUZZLES IN
BOSTON SUBURBS AND WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS.
MASSACHUSETTS. TED: OK.
TED: OK.
TED: OK. SO STOCKBRIDGE HAS A MUCH LOVED
HOTEL AND STIRBRIDGE HAS
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. MANTAGUE FEATURES A POPULAR
BOOK MILL WHILE MONTEREY SITS
QUIETLY ON THE RIVER IN THE
BERKSHIRES.
BERKSHIRES. BUT IS THERE ANYONE, ANYWHERE,
WHO CAN HONESTLY SAY THEY KNOW
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEDFIELD
AND MEDWAY?
AND MEDWAY? DOESN'T COUNT IF YOU LIVE OUT
IN THAT MESS OF "M" TOWNS.
>> IF YOU COME OUT 109 IT'S
MEDFIELD, MILLIS, MEDWAY AND
MENDEN.
MENDEN.
MENDEN. TED: THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR
SAYS THE W'S ARE JUST AS BAD.
>> RIGHT NORTH OF US WELLESLEY,
WESTON, WHELAND.
WESTON, WHELAND. >> WESTWOOD THIS WAY.
>> MEDFIELD'S TOWN CLERK,
CAROL, DENIES ANY MEDWAY,
MEDFIELD MUDDLE.
MEDFIELD MUDDLE. >> NOT AT ALL.
>> THAT'S FUNNY.
WHEN I MOVED UP THERE I HAD TO
COME UP WITH A WAY TO KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEDFIELD AND
MEDWAY.
MEDWAY.
MEDWAY. BECAUSE MEDFIELD IS A LITTLE
FURTHER I MADE IT MEDFIELD
FURTHER AFIELD.
FURTHER AFIELD. SEE WHAT I WAS DOING THERE?
THAT'S NOT TO SAY CONFUSION
HASN'T MUD IDIOSYNCRASY
MEDFIELD TOWN WATERS.
THE CULPRIT?
THE CULPRIT? >> MEDFORD.
>> MEDFORD. >> TURNS OUT MEDFIELD AND
MEDFORD ARE OFTEN MIXED UP IN
STATE COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND 411
INFORMATION SOFTWARE SEEMS TO
HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THE
BOSTON ACCENT.
BOSTON ACCENT. >> VOTER REGISTRATIONS, WE GET
EACH OTHER'S AND I HAVE TO MAIL
MEDFORD'S TO THEM.
THEY MAIL MEDFIELD TO ME.
TED: AS IF ON CUE A LETTER
ARRIVES ON CAROL'S DESK.
ADDRESSED TO MEDFIELD.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> BUT?
>> BUT?
>> BUT? >> TO VOTER REGISTRATIONS,
BELONG TO MEDFORD.
>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS EVERY
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. >> NOT EVERY DAY BUT QUITE A
BIT.
BIT.
BIT. >> CLOSE ENOUGH.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. TODAY OF ALL DAY
>> NOW A HIGH POINT FOR EVERY
NEW ENGLANDER IS A VISIT TO
MOUNT WASHINGTON, OUR HIGHEST
PEAK.
PEAK.
PEAK. SO WE'RE PUZZLED WHEN SIGNS
LEAD US TO A REMOTE CORNER OF
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. >> PEOPLE ASK US WHERE THE COG
RAILWAY IS AND WE TELL THEM
IT'S ABOUT FOUR HOURS NORTH.
>> TINY MOUNT WASHINGTON,
MASSACHUSETTS QUITE LITERALLY
THE END OF THE ROAD.
SELECTMAN JIM LOVEJOY MEETS US
DOWNTOWN WHERE THERE IS A
CHURCH AND THE TOWN HALL.
>> THE THIRD SMALLEST TOWN IN
THE STATE.
THE STATE. IT'S NOT ON THE WAY TO
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE. >> INDEED, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN
TO MOUNT WASHINGTON,
MASSACHUSETTS, NOT TO BE
CONFUSED OF COURSE WITH NEARBY
WASHINGTON, MASS.
WASHINGTON, MASS. IT'S LIKELY YOU CAME LOOKING
FOR BASS FISH FALLS CONSIDERED
BY MANY TO BE AMONG THE
PRETTIEST WATER FALLS IN NEW
ENGLAND.
ENGLAND.
ENGLAND. IF ALSO THE MOST MISPRONOUNCED.
>> IT ROLLS OFF THE TONGUE
BETTER AS FISH BASS.
>> WHEN WE ASKED HIM ABOUT THE
ODD CUT IN THIS CORNER OF THE
STATE HE SAYS THAT YEARS AGO
THIS REMOTE REGION WAS TOO HARD
TO PATROL.
TO PATROL. SO MASSACHUSETTS OFF LOADED IT
TO NEW YORK STATE.
>> ACTUALLY THEY HELD THE LAST
BARE KNUCKLES BOXING MATCH
THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A LAWLESS
PART OF THE COUNTRY AND THEY
COULD GET AWAY WITH STAGING
THIS FIGHT.
THIS FIGHT. >> TOTALLY LAWLESS RIGHT HERE.
>> TODAY THE ONLY FUNNY
BUSINESS IN MOUNT WASHINGTON
MIGHT BE FOUND IN THE NAME
ITSELF.
ITSELF.
ITSELF. >> THERE IS NO MOUNT WASHINGTON
IN MOUNT WASHINGTON.
>> THERE IS IN FACT A MOUNTAIN
NEARBY.
NEARBY.
NEARBY. MOUNT EVERETT THE SECOND
HIGHEST PEAK IN MASSACHUSETTS.
BUT MOUNT WASHINGTON ITSELF?
A BIT OF A TALL TALE.
>> YOU'RE STILL LOOKING FOR
THAT MOUNTAIN.
THAT MOUNTAIN. THERE IS NO MOUNTAIN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. IT'S MOUNT WASHINGTON.
SHAYNA: THE PART OF THE STATE
CUT OFF WAS CALLED BOSTON
CORNERS WAY BACK WHEN.
THE BARE KNUCKLES FIGHT WENT 37
ROUNDS OUT IN THOSE WILD WOODS.
BOSTON CORNER WAS BY MANY
ACCOUNTS A DEN OF THIEVES.
ALONG WITH ILLEGAL FIGHTS IT
WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PLACE
WHERE HORSES STOLEN FROM THE
NEARBY SARATOGA RACE TRACK WERE
DYED SO THEY COULD RUN AT OTHER
RACE COURSES.
RACE COURSES. A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
INDEED.
INDEED.
INDEED. EVERY MLB FAN OUGHT TO KNOW
THIS M TOWN.
>> ALL THE BASEBALL.
>> ALL THE B