The Samuel Slater Experience on Ray Street in Webster faced the kind of challenges that would confront any startup—any nonprofit—in the first year of its existence, when the museum opened in March of 2022. The biggest of these being, will the people come? Will patronage justify Chris Robert’s efforts to bring the story of pioneering manufacturer Samuel Slater and the history of the town of Webster (and Dudley and Oxford) to life? Check out the story by Rod Lee here. See more pictures from our first anniversary in The Yankee Xpress here.