diff --git a/src/accountant.rs b/src/accountant.rs
index 69966c49d..ebaec39c4 100644
--- a/src/accountant.rs
+++ b/src/accountant.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ impl Accountant {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use event::{generate_keypair, get_pubkey};
-    use historian::ExitReason;
+    use logger::ExitReason;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_accountant() {
diff --git a/src/historian.rs b/src/historian.rs
index 515a5746e..446570642 100644
--- a/src/historian.rs
+++ b/src/historian.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 //! The `historian` crate provides a microservice for generating a Proof-of-History.
-//! It logs Event items on behalf of its users. It continuously generates
-//! new hashes, only stopping to check if it has been sent an Event item. It
-//! tags each Event with an Entry and sends it back. The Entry includes the
-//! Event, the latest hash, and the number of hashes since the last event.
-//! The resulting stream of entries represents ordered events in time.
+//! It manages a thread containing a Proof-of-History Logger.
 
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, SyncSender};
-use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
-use log::{hash, hash_event, Entry, Sha256Hash};
-use event::{get_signature, verify_event, Event, Signature};
+use std::time::Instant;
+use log::{hash, Entry, Sha256Hash};
+use logger::{verify_event_and_reserve_signature, ExitReason, Logger};
+use event::{Event, Signature};
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
@@ -21,121 +18,13 @@ pub struct Historian<T> {
     pub signatures: HashSet<Signature>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum ExitReason {
-    RecvDisconnected,
-    SendDisconnected,
-}
-fn log_event<T: Serialize + Clone + Debug>(
-    sender: &SyncSender<Entry<T>>,
-    num_hashes: &mut u64,
-    end_hash: &mut Sha256Hash,
-    event: Event<T>,
-) -> Result<(), (Entry<T>, ExitReason)> {
-    *end_hash = hash_event(end_hash, &event);
-    let entry = Entry {
-        end_hash: *end_hash,
-        num_hashes: *num_hashes,
-        event,
-    };
-    if let Err(_) = sender.send(entry.clone()) {
-        return Err((entry, ExitReason::SendDisconnected));
-    }
-    *num_hashes = 0;
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn verify_event_and_reserve_signature<T: Serialize>(
-    signatures: &mut HashSet<Signature>,
-    event: &Event<T>,
-) -> bool {
-    if !verify_event(&event) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if let Some(sig) = get_signature(&event) {
-        if signatures.contains(&sig) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        signatures.insert(sig);
-    }
-    true
-}
-
-fn log_events<T: Serialize + Clone + Debug>(
-    receiver: &Receiver<Event<T>>,
-    sender: &SyncSender<Entry<T>>,
-    num_hashes: &mut u64,
-    end_hash: &mut Sha256Hash,
-    epoch: SystemTime,
-    num_ticks: &mut u64,
-    ms_per_tick: Option<u64>,
-) -> Result<(), (Entry<T>, ExitReason)> {
-    use std::sync::mpsc::TryRecvError;
-    loop {
-        if let Some(ms) = ms_per_tick {
-            let now = SystemTime::now();
-            if now > epoch + Duration::from_millis((*num_ticks + 1) * ms) {
-                log_event(sender, num_hashes, end_hash, Event::Tick)?;
-                *num_ticks += 1;
-            }
-        }
-        match receiver.try_recv() {
-            Ok(event) => {
-                log_event(sender, num_hashes, end_hash, event)?;
-            }
-            Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => {
-                return Ok(());
-            }
-            Err(TryRecvError::Disconnected) => {
-                let entry = Entry {
-                    end_hash: *end_hash,
-                    num_hashes: *num_hashes,
-                    event: Event::Tick,
-                };
-                return Err((entry, ExitReason::RecvDisconnected));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// A background thread that will continue tagging received Event messages and
-/// sending back Entry messages until either the receiver or sender channel is closed.
-pub fn create_logger<T: 'static + Serialize + Clone + Debug + Send>(
-    start_hash: Sha256Hash,
-    ms_per_tick: Option<u64>,
-    receiver: Receiver<Event<T>>,
-    sender: SyncSender<Entry<T>>,
-) -> JoinHandle<(Entry<T>, ExitReason)> {
-    use std::thread;
-    thread::spawn(move || {
-        let mut end_hash = start_hash;
-        let mut num_hashes = 0;
-        let mut num_ticks = 0;
-        let epoch = SystemTime::now();
-        loop {
-            if let Err(err) = log_events(
-                &receiver,
-                &sender,
-                &mut num_hashes,
-                &mut end_hash,
-                epoch,
-                &mut num_ticks,
-                ms_per_tick,
-            ) {
-                return err;
-            }
-            end_hash = hash(&end_hash);
-            num_hashes += 1;
-        }
-    })
-}
-
 impl<T: 'static + Serialize + Clone + Debug + Send> Historian<T> {
     pub fn new(start_hash: &Sha256Hash, ms_per_tick: Option<u64>) -> Self {
         use std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel;
         let (sender, event_receiver) = sync_channel(1000);
         let (entry_sender, receiver) = sync_channel(1000);
-        let thread_hdl = create_logger(*start_hash, ms_per_tick, event_receiver, entry_sender);
+        let thread_hdl =
+            Historian::create_logger(*start_hash, ms_per_tick, event_receiver, entry_sender);
         let signatures = HashSet::new();
         Historian {
             sender,
@@ -144,9 +33,32 @@ impl<T: 'static + Serialize + Clone + Debug + Send> Historian<T> {
             signatures,
         }
     }
+
     pub fn verify_event(self: &mut Self, event: &Event<T>) -> bool {
         return verify_event_and_reserve_signature(&mut self.signatures, event);
     }
+
+    /// A background thread that will continue tagging received Event messages and
+    /// sending back Entry messages until either the receiver or sender channel is closed.
+    fn create_logger(
+        start_hash: Sha256Hash,
+        ms_per_tick: Option<u64>,
+        receiver: Receiver<Event<T>>,
+        sender: SyncSender<Entry<T>>,
+    ) -> JoinHandle<(Entry<T>, ExitReason)> {
+        use std::thread;
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            let mut logger = Logger::new(receiver, sender, start_hash);
+            let now = Instant::now();
+            loop {
+                if let Err(err) = logger.log_events(now, ms_per_tick) {
+                    return err;
+                }
+                logger.end_hash = hash(&logger.end_hash);
+                logger.num_hashes += 1;
+            }
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -210,26 +122,4 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(entries.len() > 1);
         assert!(verify_slice(&entries, &zero));
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_bad_event_signature() {
-        let keypair = generate_keypair();
-        let sig = sign_claim_data(&hash(b"hello, world"), &keypair);
-        let event0 = Event::new_claim(get_pubkey(&keypair), hash(b"goodbye cruel world"), sig);
-        let mut sigs = HashSet::new();
-        assert!(!verify_event_and_reserve_signature(&mut sigs, &event0));
-        assert!(!sigs.contains(&sig));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_duplicate_event_signature() {
-        let keypair = generate_keypair();
-        let to = get_pubkey(&keypair);
-        let data = &hash(b"hello, world");
-        let sig = sign_claim_data(data, &keypair);
-        let event0 = Event::new_claim(to, data, sig);
-        let mut sigs = HashSet::new();
-        assert!(verify_event_and_reserve_signature(&mut sigs, &event0));
-        assert!(!verify_event_and_reserve_signature(&mut sigs, &event0));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 851262000..588c79849 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #![cfg_attr(feature = "unstable", feature(test))]
 pub mod log;
+pub mod logger;
 pub mod event;
 pub mod historian;
 pub mod accountant;
diff --git a/src/logger.rs b/src/logger.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce8040711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/logger.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+//! The `logger` crate provides an object for generating a Proof-of-History.
+//! It logs Event items on behalf of its users. It continuously generates
+//! new hashes, only stopping to check if it has been sent an Event item. It
+//! tags each Event with an Entry and sends it back. The Entry includes the
+//! Event, the latest hash, and the number of hashes since the last event.
+//! The resulting stream of entries represents ordered events in time.
+
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, SyncSender};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use log::{hash_event, Entry, Sha256Hash};
+use event::{get_signature, verify_event, Event, Signature};
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ExitReason {
+    RecvDisconnected,
+    SendDisconnected,
+}
+
+pub struct Logger<T> {
+    pub sender: SyncSender<Entry<T>>,
+    pub receiver: Receiver<Event<T>>,
+    pub end_hash: Sha256Hash,
+    pub num_hashes: u64,
+    pub num_ticks: u64,
+}
+
+pub fn verify_event_and_reserve_signature<T: Serialize>(
+    signatures: &mut HashSet<Signature>,
+    event: &Event<T>,
+) -> bool {
+    if !verify_event(&event) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if let Some(sig) = get_signature(&event) {
+        if signatures.contains(&sig) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        signatures.insert(sig);
+    }
+    true
+}
+
+impl<T: Serialize + Clone + Debug> Logger<T> {
+    pub fn new(
+        receiver: Receiver<Event<T>>,
+        sender: SyncSender<Entry<T>>,
+        start_hash: Sha256Hash,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Logger {
+            receiver,
+            sender,
+            end_hash: start_hash,
+            num_hashes: 0,
+            num_ticks: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn log_event(&mut self, event: Event<T>) -> Result<(), (Entry<T>, ExitReason)> {
+        self.end_hash = hash_event(&self.end_hash, &event);
+        let entry = Entry {
+            end_hash: self.end_hash,
+            num_hashes: self.num_hashes,
+            event,
+        };
+        if let Err(_) = self.sender.send(entry.clone()) {
+            return Err((entry, ExitReason::SendDisconnected));
+        }
+        self.num_hashes = 0;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn log_events(
+        &mut self,
+        epoch: Instant,
+        ms_per_tick: Option<u64>,
+    ) -> Result<(), (Entry<T>, ExitReason)> {
+        use std::sync::mpsc::TryRecvError;
+        loop {
+            if let Some(ms) = ms_per_tick {
+                if epoch.elapsed() > Duration::from_millis((self.num_ticks + 1) * ms) {
+                    self.log_event(Event::Tick)?;
+                    self.num_ticks += 1;
+                }
+            }
+            match self.receiver.try_recv() {
+                Ok(event) => {
+                    self.log_event(event)?;
+                }
+                Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
+                Err(TryRecvError::Disconnected) => {
+                    let entry = Entry {
+                        end_hash: self.end_hash,
+                        num_hashes: self.num_hashes,
+                        event: Event::Tick,
+                    };
+                    return Err((entry, ExitReason::RecvDisconnected));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use log::*;
+    use event::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_bad_event_signature() {
+        let keypair = generate_keypair();
+        let sig = sign_claim_data(&hash(b"hello, world"), &keypair);
+        let event0 = Event::new_claim(get_pubkey(&keypair), hash(b"goodbye cruel world"), sig);
+        let mut sigs = HashSet::new();
+        assert!(!verify_event_and_reserve_signature(&mut sigs, &event0));
+        assert!(!sigs.contains(&sig));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_duplicate_event_signature() {
+        let keypair = generate_keypair();
+        let to = get_pubkey(&keypair);
+        let data = &hash(b"hello, world");
+        let sig = sign_claim_data(data, &keypair);
+        let event0 = Event::new_claim(to, data, sig);
+        let mut sigs = HashSet::new();
+        assert!(verify_event_and_reserve_signature(&mut sigs, &event0));
+        assert!(!verify_event_and_reserve_signature(&mut sigs, &event0));
+    }
+}