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Alfred Oden owned Coney Rock until 1933 when he sold the west half to Knute Olsen and the east to Warren Chapin. Olsen's half was bought by the town in 2001 and is part of the 61-acre
Dorwart Family Preserve. In response, David Storrs Chapin, Warren's son, sold his half to Joshua's Trust in 2002, who
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that includes the remains of an old farm, a marsh, a hemlock grove, a hornbeam stand, a birch grove, and glacial erratics, as well as five miles of white and yellow blazed trails. There is a memorial bench at the peak. According to local legend, one can see
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302:"Land Trust Purchase Connects Proposal and Coney Rock Preserves in Mansfield"
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The name Coney Rock is of uncertain origin. It may have been in reference to
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259:"Coney Rock: An Autumn Beauty In Mansfield"
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174:Ownership
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