Back to Women’s Stories Performed by Elizabeth Neily The second wife of a Tampa Bay pioneer, Odet Philippe, describes frontier life from the beginning of the Second Seminole War in 1835 to the Armed Occupation Act of 1848. She talks about how Fort Brooke got its start on the Hillsborough River, a military base to launch Indian removals to Oklahoma. She … Continue reading Charlotte Fontaine Philippe “Countess of Citrus”