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Odet Philippe, the first European settler in Pinellas County, established St. Helena Plantation, now Philippe Park. He was the first to cultivate grapefruit in Florida and introduced cigar-making to Tampa. His descendants populated this frontier. He was said to be a doctor and of noble birth.
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