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The Heritage Center was established by Miles and Rebecca Logsdon in 2012, in honor of John (Micky) and Mary Logsdon and Ray and Faye (Logsdon) Ward.  The 310 acre watershed has been in the Logsdon family ownership since the early 1840's.  The property includes sections of the original trails, roads, and later railroad access to Eureka Springs Arkansas and host evidence of three late 1800's homesteads.  

​Democrat Hollow is a drainage that comprises Democrat Creek and surrounding watershed. Democrat Creek is seasonal, and flows down the mountain from Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest, through the upland forest on the farm property, under Highway 187 North, into Butler Creek on the south end of the farm property, and eventually into the White River.

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Miles Logsdon
Chief Scientist

Miles   grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and visited the farm frequently throughout his life.  As he walked   fence lines and creek beds with his father (JW "Micky" Logsdon), he learned stories about the land and   his   family.   When he was   a forestry student at Oklahoma State University, he   spent many weekends and  school breaks  at the farm with  Uncle Ray  and Aunt Faye (Ward), helping with chores   and   being well-fed.   He planted his first Christmas tree plot in 1973, in a forest clearing . Although most of those trees eventually died back or were eaten by deer,  the plot did supply family members with Christmas trees for a few  years.
Now, after 30 years in Seattle, WA, where he  completed a PhD in   Regional Ecosystem Planning and taught Environmental and Ocean Sciences at the University of Washington, Miles is preparing to retire back in Northwest Arkansas.   

Rebecca Logsdon
CEO

Rebecca grew up in Texas and Oklahoma, and spent many summers and weekends in Northwest Arkansas with her family, after her parents purchased a building lot in the retirement community of Bella Vista (just 40 miles from  Democrat Hollow). She met Miles as a freshman at OSU and they were married several years later. Together they made many trips to Bella Vista to visit her parents and then out to the farm to visit Uncle Ray and Aunt Faye. 
Rebecca completed a PhD in Clinical Psychology in 1986, and the family (including  6 year old Grant) moved to Seattle , WA, for a postdoctoral fellowship in geriatric psychology, which turned into a  30-year career as a professor and researcher at the University of Washington Schools of Medicine and Nursing.
She retired in 2016  to help care for her  90+ year old father, start work on the farm renovation, and   and pursue a long-time  interest in fiber arts.