Glenn “Dick” Springer Grimes (1914-1993) is the namesake of Grimes Canoe Base which opened in 1973. Grimes and his wife Marie had donated the 32 acres of land along the Buffalo River to the Middle Tennessee Council. Ironically, the securing of Grimes Canoe Base made it easier for the Council to sell its Narrows of the Harpeth property to the state in 1978. Grimes had been a professional baseball player in the 1930s and 40s, but spent most of his adulthood as a farmer and engineer for the Department of Transportation. He was involved in local politics as well as serving as an elder at the Flatwood Church of Christ. He coached little league baseball and was a referee for local basketball.