[font=Verdana]A piece of [/font][font=Verdana]South Mississippi[/font][font=Verdana] history was discovered Wednesday by an out of town demolition crew. And with the discovery, we also got the chance to meet a local historian of sorts.[/font]

[font=Verdana]BAMACO a disaster response company bought a significant amount of land off highway 90 to build a luxury condominium. [/font]

[font=Verdana]The ground-breaking is not until October. But they decided to do an early routine check of the property. What demolition crews stumbled upon is astonishing. [/font]

[font=Verdana]Steve Mitchell and several crew members found pieces of history dating back to 1908. In the old office of C.C. "[/font][font=Verdana]Tex[/font][font=Verdana]" Hamill, a [/font][font=Verdana]Biloxi[/font][font=Verdana] publisher in the mid 1900s.[/font]

[font=Verdana]"This morning I went inside and I opened up those dressers and I went, 'Wow, look at all this, all these antique pictures.' You can see them over here, and it just blew my mind," said Mitchell. [/font]

[font=Verdana]Jake Mladnich is a [/font][font=Verdana]Biloxi[/font][font=Verdana] property owner. He owned clubs like the Fiesta where music greats Sammy Davis Jr. and Elvis performed. [/font]

[font=Verdana]"This is a photograph that [/font][font=Verdana]Tex[/font][font=Verdana] made of Elvis Presley," said Mladnich. [/font]

[font=Verdana]Mladnich is excited these items were spared Katrina's wrath. [/font]

[font=Verdana]He's happy the Hamill's will be able to hold onto a piece of history. [/font]

[font=Verdana]"Its a very important discovery to be able to preserve all of this from the 'Down South' publications to all of [/font][font=Verdana]Tex[/font][font=Verdana] and Marge's photographs because everyone has lost theirs. Including me, I lost my home," said Mladnich. [/font]

[font=Verdana]"This is the blessing of the fleet in [/font][font=Verdana]Biloxi[/font][font=Verdana]. At the foot of [/font][font=Verdana]Lameuse Street[/font][font=Verdana] near the community peer. And that is father Mullins doing the blessing," said Mladnich while pointing to the picture. [/font]

[font=Verdana]Mladnich has lived on the coast for 80 years, he remembers it all. [/font]

[font=Verdana]"This is the original of the Magnolia hotel. Which was facing the beach at highway 90 in [/font][font=Verdana]Biloxi[/font][font=Verdana]. And this is D'iberville landing on the beach in Ocean Springs. These are the ships in the [/font][font=Verdana]port[/font][font=Verdana] of [/font][font=Verdana]Pascagoula[/font][font=Verdana], "said Mladnich. [/font]

[font=Verdana]There may not be very many people on the coast Mladnich hasn't met. And the Hamill