History is not just something to know. It is something to experience. Past Paths takes readers beyond dates and famous names and asks them to walk the ground, see the landscape, meet the people behind the story, and understand how the past unfolded before
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September 15, 1777: When the Road to Albany Narrowed
September 15, 1777
The countryside around Saratoga looked deceptively peaceful.
The guns had not yet begun firing.
From the heights, the Hudson ran south through farms, woods, roads, and scattered houses. It was an ordinary agricult...
From Saratoga to 9/11: What Are We Willing to Defend?
Every Monday, this Substack leans a little more editorial. Most of what I write here stays centrist, and that’s deliberate. Getting to our 250th means keeping a broad coalition marching in the same direction, and I take that seriously...
Saturday Story Summary - September 12, 2026
This week's recap revisits the stories we've explored — a chance to walk familiar ground, linger a little longer, and catch what we missed the first time. History rewards return visits. The landscape always has one more detail waiting to be...
September 11, 1777: Waiting at Stillwater
The guns had not yet begun firing at Freeman’s Farm.
That would come eight days later.
But on September 11, 1777, the countryside around Stillwater was already a military landscape.
Men were digging defensive works. Scouts were moving th...
September 10 Planner - Thursday’s Thoughtful Tidings & Nanty Narking’s Necessary Nuisance
Plan Your Fall in the Region Where the Revolution Turned
This is the best month of the year to be out here. Apple season and anniversary season are the same drive, the battlefield is twenty minutes from a cider donut, and October brin...
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A lifelong history enthusiast from Saratoga, NY. I help curious travelers and history lovers experience the past through the places where it happened, revealing the human choices, uncertainty, and consequences that still shape the landscape today.
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