lake charles was named for charles elliott, one of the people brought to this area probably by john the feet. he was part of the wrong side of the french revolution. had to escape europe and go west. he pushed further west to louisiana and settled along the this particular short. on the other side, you see the working site. this side of the lake you see working, as well. >> icy refineries, there is a big petroleum industry. petroleum a huge>> refinery. also major oil refineries. refinery and they are both located among the top 10 refineries in the u.s.. nowbiggest economic driver are the casinos, in terms of actual payroll. >> we can get a glimpse of them. >> there is one casino out there. the other casino is golden nugget. they are on par of lake charles property. they are a billion-dollar investment in south louisiana, and it moves the economy. we are moving from a blue-collar economy in petrochemical, to a more mixed economy that includes hospitality. of the couchle bit he river. it is the life blood of the area. it allows the port to exist. it provides for recreational activities up

elliott just blows him out of the water. he is so respected. he has an ally of senator charles sumner. when sumner passes, before his bill moves through the house and senate, elliott goes and delivers a eulogy in boston, which is also widely picked up in the northern press. he leaves the house, mid- congress, in his second term and goes back to south carolina. he cares about state politics and is watching the way things are trending and has seen a lot of abuses against black political participation in voting rights. he becomes the speaker of the south carolina state assembly for a brief period. he later goes on to serve, at the very tail end of reconstruction, as the attorney general for south carolina. afterwards, his story typifies so many of these members. once reconstruction inns, -- once reconstruction has ended, he sets up a law practice, but he gets almost no business. he is forced to move out of state and in the 1880s, he dies, in poverty. that is, sadly, the story of so many of these 19th-century individuals. they leave congress and with the onset of jim crow, their careers jus