The story of Lake Martin begins a century ago, when Martin Dam was built to provide energy and water to the state of Alabama. Today, thanks to the foresight of nineteenth-century-born innovator Benjamin “Mr. Ben” Russell, it powers a waterfront way of life where relaxation, play, and memory-making are as natural as the sunsets reflected off the lake’s surface.
It’s a lifestyle Mr. Ben pictured nearly a hundred years ago. A pioneering clothing mill owner turned visionary businessman, Mr. Ben saw the lake’s potential far beyond hydroelectricity. When its construction was completed in 1926, he could scarcely believe his good fortune “to have a gigantic lake dropped
