Editing Arnold, Maryland (section)

==History==
[[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] are known to have resided in the region in pre-Columbian times based on artifacts found in the Ulmstead Point area dating back to the Archaic period (5000–1500 BC). Later tribes that have been in the area include the Algonquin tribes, among others. However, when Captain John Smith arrived in the area in 1608, he reported no Natives.

The early settlement of Arnold, an area between the [[Magothy River|Magothy]] and [[Severn River (Maryland)|Severn]] rivers, began with the farm of John Arnold. He was a veteran of the [[War of 1812]], who acquired {{convert|300|acre|km2|1}} on the north side of the Severn River.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aacps.org/aacps/MRMS/arnold.htm |title=Arnold History Project |publisher=Aacps.org |access-date=2012-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012065754/http://www.aacps.org/aacps/MRMS/arnold.htm |archive-date=2012-10-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> One of his sons, Thomas Arnold, inherited the land, later working as the local station master for the Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line Railroad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Part I: The Little Post Office That Grew|url=https://arnoldpreservationcouncil.org/2017/11/28/part-i-the-little-post-office-that-grew/|access-date=2021-03-23|language=en-US}}</ref>

Residents know the area to have been home to a racetrack in the present-day Revell-Downs planned community and even a rollercoaster and boardwalk in Mago Vista Beach.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Crispino|first=Peter|title=Mago Vista Beach Is Arnold's Bygone Tourist Attraction|url=https://www.severnaparkvoice.com/stories/mago-vista-beach-is-arnolds-bygone-tourist-attraction,20257|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Severna Park Voice|language=en}}</ref>