The Boy Scouts were founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell of England in 1907. Then in 1909, William D. Boyce a publisher from Chicago lost his way in a dense London fog. A boy came to his aid and, after guiding the man, refused a tip, explaining that as a Scout he would not take a tip for doing a Good Turn. This gesture by an unknown Scout inspired a meeting with Robert Baden-Powell, the British founder of the Boy Scouts. As a result, William Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910. He also created the Lone Scouts, which merged with the Boy Scouts of America in 1924. Lord Robert Baden-Powell One Day in 1909 William D. Boyce