| TABLE OF CONTENTS | The Thorny Trail Fall 2000/Spring 2001 | Vol. XXIX No.1&2 |
| Herman Garrett | 5 | |
| First Permanent Settler of Midland | ||
| Picture Postcards | 29 | |
| Believe It Or Not | 36 | |
| Midland Memories | 37 | |
| A. L. "Bud" Lindsey | 39 | |
| Dollie Ballenger | 41 | |
| Wilbur Yeager Jr. | 45 | |
| Alma Heard | 53 | |
| Walter E. Lackey | 57 | |
| A. C. Teinert | 59 | |
| Dilly and Shorty Nance | 67 | |
| Newnie W. Ellis Jr. | 71 | |
| Gene E. Farris | 81 | |
| Midland Genealogical Society | 85 | |
| Officers and Calendar | 87 | |
| Necrology - Steve Odom | 88 | |
| Membership Roster | 89 | |
| Query Quarter | 91 | |
| Book Review | 91 | |
| Generation Charts | 93 | |
| Surname Index | 95 |