Charles Emery Cate
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Charles Emery Cate was the 19th-century developer of Hammond's Crossing into Hammond, Louisiana
.
Originally from the northern United States, he founded the city's oldest church (Grace Memorial Episcopal Church) and established a factory in Hammond for manufacture of shoes used by the Confederate Army
during the American Civil War
. The factory, which was destroyed by Union troops during a skirmish in 1864, was on the current site of Hammond's Cate Square, a city park. The church, however, continues, its meetingplace standing on West Church Street near the Canadian National Railway
depot and Hammond Amtrak station
, from which the churchbuilding is unmistably visible to the west.
Charles Emery Cate is the eponym for Cate Street in the city center (a historic district) and the Charles Emery Cate Teacher Education Center (see insets) at Southeastern Louisiana University
.
Hammond, Louisiana
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,049 at the 2009 census. It is home to Southeastern Louisiana University...
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Originally from the northern United States, he founded the city's oldest church (Grace Memorial Episcopal Church) and established a factory in Hammond for manufacture of shoes used by the Confederate Army
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. The factory, which was destroyed by Union troops during a skirmish in 1864, was on the current site of Hammond's Cate Square, a city park. The church, however, continues, its meetingplace standing on West Church Street near the Canadian National Railway
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
depot and Hammond Amtrak station
Hammond (Amtrak station)
The Hammond Amtrak station is a train station in Hammond, Louisiana, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It is a station on Amtrak's The City of New Orleans route which runs from Chicago, Illinois to New Orleans, Louisiana. Hammond station was originally built...
, from which the churchbuilding is unmistably visible to the west.
Charles Emery Cate is the eponym for Cate Street in the city center (a historic district) and the Charles Emery Cate Teacher Education Center (see insets) at Southeastern Louisiana University
Southeastern Louisiana University
Southeastern Louisiana University is a state-funded public university in Hammond, Louisiana, United States. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims, the principal of Hammond High School, as Hammond Junior College, located in a wing of the high school building. Sims succeeded in getting the campus...
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