| TABLE OF CONTENTS | THE THORNY TRAIL - SPRING | 1990 Vol. XVIII No.2 |
| SOCIETY RECORDS | Page | |
| The President's Message | 1 | |
| Honorary Memberships Awarded by the Board of Directors | 1 | |
| MIDLAND RECORDS | ||
| State Abstracts of Texas Land Titles - Midland County | 5 | |
| Civil War Veterans Buried in Fairview Cemetery (conclusion) | 13 | |
| FEATURE ITEMS | ||
| Early Days in Texas: Reminiscences of Nathan Boone Burkett | 18 | |
| Going Going Gone! by P. E. (Pat) Fletcher | 3 | |
| A Peek into a Peddlers Pack: Deposition of Christoval Huikch | 28 | |
| WILLS | ||
| Last Will and Testament of William Corder | 14 | |
| OLD LETTERS | ||
| J. C. Holladay to Jewel W. Shepard | 16 | |
| Michael Ross to William C. Crane | 17 | |
| FAMILY RECORDS | ||
| Ray Family Bible | 30 | |
| Guardianship Appointment | 15 | |
| Generation Chart: Orival Dennis Fletcher | 34 | |
| NECROLOGY | ||
| Mary Dueease. | 2 | |
| ANNOUNCEMENTS | ||
| Opening of the 1920 Census | 4 | |
| Family Reunions: Stovall | 15 | |
| Cauble | 15 | |
| Wanted: Photos of Civil War Veterans | 29 | |
| QUANDRY QUARTER | ||
| Queries | 35 | |
| INDEX | 37 |