Wide and shallow and prone to flooding, the modern story of the Green-Duwamish valley is one of controlling its waters. In the late 19th Century, feuding farmers used logs and dynamite to divert the flow of the White River back and forth from Seattle to Tacoma, from the Duwamish to the Puyallup Rivers. In 1906, massive overflow and armed guards forced a permanent path southward. In Auburn, White Lake Road approximates White River’s extinct connection to the Duwamish. At Game Farm Park, a 1,500 foot-long concrete diversion wall ensures that the river's waters flow to the Sound, via Tacoma, in perpetuity. In the first two decades of the 21st Century, hundreds of millions of dollars were spent in the City of Kent, maintaining and enhancing the infrastructure that tamed the River, and ensuring the value of the City’s private commercial and residential property.