Person
Dunbar
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Years
- 1849–1850
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Dunbar, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Sauvé's Crevasse floods New Orleans, May 1849
1849–1850Role: undertook stanching the flood
- Levee Failure at Sauvé's Crevasse
A Mississippi River levee failure occurred in May 1849, flooding much of New Orleans. The river reached its highest level in twenty-one years, causing significant inundation.
- Flood Control Efforts
Workers Dunbar and Surgi stanch the flood after seventeen days of effort, concluding on June 20, 1849.
- Municipal Financial Response
In 1850, the Second Municipality levied a special tax to offset expenditures related to the crevasse and infrastructure repairs.
- Levee Failure at Sauvé's Crevasse
Sources
- Sauvé's Crevasse Wikipedia, revision of 2026-02-26