| TABLE OF CONTENTS | THE THORNY TRAIL - Fall | 1997 Vol. XXVI No.I |
| Society Records | ||
| Programs | 2 | |
| Officers | 3 | |
| Early Development | 4 | |
| 1910 Map of Midland | 6 | |
| Business Identification | 7 | |
| Tennessee Pioneer-Bailey Butler | 8 | |
| Necrology | ||
| Ted Gunn | 12 | |
| Query Quarter | 13 | |
| Book Reviews | 16 | |
| Six Generation Chart | 20 | |
| Wills | ||
| Tullos | 21 | |
| Shinn | 22 | |
| Early Day Pictures | ||
| Midland's First Water Well-1 884 | 24 | |
| The Bank Fire-1 910 | 25 | |
| Midland Genealogical Society Membership Roster | 26 | |
| Libraries | 29 | |
| Exchanges | 30 | |
| Midland County 1910 Census Records ( part 1) | 32 | |
| Index | 80 |