john davison rockefeller sr. became the tycoon of the oil industry.
john davison rockefeller sr. became the tycoon of the oil industry.
who became the tycoon of the oil industry?
john davison rockefeller sr.
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"well, the oil industry brought in a lot of people. you know, this was not as homogenized, if you can say it that way, a group of people, or citizens, where it once was maybe 90 percent cajun, 90 percent catholic. a lot of that changed when the oil industry developed so strongly beginning in the fifties and people from texas, mississippi, oklahoma, california, whatever, came into the state, many of them still here, and they became a pretty nice blend of oil industry and local cajuns. and many married locally and so on. so you've had that blend over the years, and i think some influence came into play too, not that we don't have some conservative cajuns; we do, a fair number, but the influence of a lot of the oil people coming from these states. it was mostly a conservative influence that had a little play on the flavor of politics locally, and still does to this day. i would say most, somebody would maybe challenge me, but i would say most of the people in the oil industry tend to be on the conservative side of politics and today mostly on the republican side of politics."
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