In 1823, Colonels George Mercer Brooke and James Gadsden of the United States Army were ordered to establish a military presence on Tampa Bay in the newly acquired Florida territory to contain the Seminole Indians and curtail illegal activities along the gulf coast.
In 1978 the station moved to a new facility in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico near the Fort Buchanan Army base and became the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS).
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Officers' quarters were constructed along the road leading to the Castle surrounded by an Officers' Club, one swimming pool, the Bachelor Officers' Quarters (BOQ) and one outdoor cinema on top of a golf course.
His accomplishments include the establishment of standard procedures and forms for licenses, ordinances and legal notices; regulatation of the Jackson Street ferry service, and a rental agreement for the Fort Brooke military reservation after purchase attempts failed.
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