Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Steele ya zo Tampa a 1830 kuma ya tsara birnin. Tampa a lokacin da Steele ya iso ƙauye ne kawai. Steele ya ba da shawarar cewa akwai gundumar a can kuma ya ce ya kamata a sami Tampa a matsayin hedkwatar gundumar. Steele ya shawo kan abokai da ya sani a cikin Jihar Capitol, Tallahassee, kuma ya sanya gundumar 8,580 murabba'in kilomita na ƙasar Hillsborough County. A lokacin Seminole War
, An ba Steele matsayi na postmaster a Fort Brooke. An tambaye shi ya ba da labarin kisan gillar Dade daga Fort Brooke ga gwamnan. Jihar ta soke shi saboda ya hada da dukiyar Fort Brooke.