He called on his bank to cooperate in setting up a number of innovative, financial vehicles to help the cash poor farming families set up their own ventures. Usually one family of 3-4 would be allocated one "horse."

Toppy and Charlotte Hodnett leased and operated the facility.

Winter Wed-Sun. Cotton was the primary crop, early on. On June 18, 1999, landmark Kowaliga Restaurant burned, after rebuilding, it opened in August 2000. Russell Lands On Lake Martin is a country wedding venue located in Alexander City, Alabama. ECON acquired long-term contracts for supplying wood residue fuel to these facilities. Whether you’re ready for a sunset cruise, a hike on one of our many trails, or an afternoon exploring endless coves, you’re sure to find plenty to love about Russell Lands On Lake Martin, a truly incomparable place to call home.

Russell Lands is proud to be the largest recreational developer in Alabama. Mr. Ben believed that recreation was the wave of the future and that Lake Martin was our key to this future.

He also opened the first subdivision on Lake Martin, the Lake Hills Subdivision, on March 27, 1928. He met with his employees and in a heart-to-heart talk the matter of quantity and quality of production was discussed. After much negotiation Mr. Russell sold this power project to the Interstate Power Company, which became Alabama Power Company in 1920.

Following his marriage in November 1899 to Roberta Bacon McDonald, Benjamin Russell practiced law in Birmingham for a few months.
The mill village grew to 350 or so houses but beginning in the late 1950s residents were encouraged to purchase property in Springhill Subdivision that had been made available and build their own home. Lake Martin is a deep, blue-water lake – one of the most beautiful and unspoiled lakes in the Continental USA.

The primary crops were cotton, corn and peanuts. In 1989 Russell Lands donated 50 acres, comprising one mile of the most beautiful Lake Martin shoreline property, to a charitable organization, founded by Luanne and Ben Russell, called Children's Harbor.

The east and west extremities of his holdings on the south side of Lake Martin were of some of his most prized possessions but Russell Corporation was the driving force by this time. After returning from the war in Europe in 1945, Robert Russell became interested in the old gold fields of Tallapoosa County. Many of the farm families went to work in the rapidly expanding Russell textile plants during the Second World War.
One of the original divisions is the management of Mr. Ben's remaining 25,000 acres of timberland.

According to Thomas W. Martin, Chairman of the Board of Alabama Power Company, Mr. Russell was the "moving spirit" behind his new Industries Light Power Company. The name of the continually successful company was changed in 1962 to Russell Mills, Inc. and again in 1973 to Russell Corporation.

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