"An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country; Embracing Lincoln, Douglas, 
Adams  and Franklin Counties; State of Washington". Spokane, Western Historical
Publishing  Company, Publishers, 1904. pp. 836-837.

MICHAEL J. LOGAN resided on a farm one-fourth of a mile west from Cunningham,
Adams county, Washington. He is a native of Roscommon county, Ireland, born July
24, 1852, and is the son of Thomas and Bridget (Geraghty) Logan. Both were
natives of Ireland, and the mother is still living in the county of our
subjectís birth, but the father is dead. The family lived on a farm in Ireland,
and numbered in all nine children, seven of whom are still living, and two of
whom died while young. Those living are, James, Mary, Thomas, Michael,
Bartholomew, Francis and Mary.
     In his native county the subject of our sketch received a good common
school education, and at the early age of sixteen years he started in life on
his own responsibility. He worked in a store in Strokestown, Ireland, for two
years, then went to England, where he farmed for eight years, then, in 1882, he
came to America and settled in Colorado. Here he worked on the railroad and
later in the Leadville mines, until during the following year, when he went to
Umatilla, Oregon, and took a position as section foreman for the railroad at
that town. He remained thus engaged for ten years then came to Washington and
settled at Cheney. Later, however, he removed to Connell, then to Hatton, and in
1898 he took a homestead and the same year purchased an adjoining section of
land where he now lives. He has  all of his eight hundred acres of land fenced
and under cultivation, improved with good buildings and a fine orchard, and
maintains a large herd of livestock,--both horses and cattle.
     Mr. Logan was married in 1892 to Mary Kelley, a native of Iowa, which union
has been blessed with two children, Mary and Francis, both of whom live with
their parents.
     Mr. Logan is a Democrat, and both he and Mrs. Logan are adherents to the
Roman Catholic faith.
     Upon first coming to the Big Bend, Mr. Logan was anything but favorably
impressed with the appearance of the country and expected not to remain; but as
he became more familiar with the conditions and climate he learned to like it
and now he considers it the best country in America for the farmer and stockman.

Submitted by: Georgia Harter Williams, georgiahw@earthlink.net