Leslie G. “Box” Boxwell (1881-1960) served as the second president of the Middle Tennessee Council. His work with the Council began as chair of the camping committee. It was in this capacity that Boxwell established the first council summer camp on private farm in 1921. The Executive Board was so pleased with his work, they named the camp “Camp Boxwell” and the name has stuck ever since. Boxwell the man became Council president after the sudden death of the first president Edgar Foster in June 1926. He stayed in the position until January 1947, making him the longest serving president. Professionally, he was president of the Tennessee Metal Culvert Company and the Baton Rouge Metal Culvert Company. He helped bring a true highway system to the state, was an active supporter of World War I efforts in the city and helped to establish the Nashville Chamber of Commerce. He was inducted into the Order of the Arrows in 1950. He passed away in September 1960, just a few weeks after the conclusion of the inaugural summer of Boxwell Reservation at Old Hickory Lake.

The current location of Boxwell Reservation was secured through the work of several Council leaders. In 1954, outgoing Council president, Wilbur Creighton Sr., the current Council President, Colonel Gilbert Dorland, Scout Executive Ward Akers, and co-founder of the Nashville Banner newspaper, E. B. Stahlman, carried the idea of a “new” Boxwell to Congressman J. Carlton Loser. As a new TVA project – Old Hickory Dam – was being considered. Creighton and others petitioned Loser to get the federal government to permanently lease an area of land to the Middle Tennessee Council. With support from Congressmen Joe Evins and Clifford Davis as well as Senator Albert Gore, Sr., the Council was able to secure a bill granting 500 acres off of Highway 109