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Originally posted by sinker:

What really messed the White River up was that it used to flow into the Green. Farmers south of Seattle got tired of getting flooded by it and diverted it into the Puyallup.
Thats not exactly how it happened.

Before 1906, the White River flowed to the north where it was joined by the Green and Black rivers to form the Duwamish River, which continued to Elliott Bay. In November 1906, a flood-caused logjam obstructed the northern channel, diverting the entire flow of the White River down a small tributary of the Puyallup River called the Stuck River. The White River has continued to follow this course since the flood of 1906. In January 1915, the Auburn Dam was completed at the location of the logjam, making the change in course permanent.