Hammond is home to Southeastern Louisiana University, is the principal city of the Hammond metropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Tangipahoa Parish and is a part of the New Orleans-Metairie-Hammond combined statistical area.
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Hammond Louisiana escaped during a prison riot, made his way back to sea, and later on arrived in New Orleans.
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Hammond Louisiana used his savings to buy then-inexpensive land northwest of Lake Pontchartrain.
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Hammond Louisiana transported the goods by oxcart to the head of navigation on the Natalbany River at Springfield.
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Peter Hammond Louisiana lost his wealth during the war, as Union soldiers raided his property.
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The city hosts numerous warehouses and is a distribution point for Walmart and other businesses, and Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond offers the state's only academic degree in supply chain management.
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Hammond Louisiana was chief architect of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board for some two decades before he relocated to Baton Rouge.
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Southeastern Louisiana University, based in Hammond, is one of the state's regional universities and one of the city's largest employers.
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Hammond Louisiana is overlapped by most of the mass media in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, although over-the-air television reception is available.
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Hammond Louisiana has suffered from exceptionally high crime rates for many years.
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Part of Hammond Louisiana's success is due to its location at the junction of two heavily traveled interstate highways:.
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Lucius McGehee Hall on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond is a sturdy example of Depression Gothic architecture.
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