On May 14, 1884, William Kent and 12 companions stopped on their journey from St. Croix Falls to explore a creek flowing through the glen into the St. Croix River, where they came upon a 25-foot waterfall and immediately recognized its potential. They staked claim on the waterfall, the glen, and the land that later became the Village of Osceola. In the heart of downtown Osceola, Cascade Falls remains as alluring and picturesque as it was when the first settlers found it. The terrain surrounding the falls drops 108 feet from Osceola Creek to the St. Croix River, and the falls was a stop for excursion steamboats in the late 1800s.