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Saved ship from grave Hoffmann cursed by maritime dream
Frank Hoffmann recovered the 1846 Alvin Clark from Lake Michigan in 1969 and spent years raising a possible Great Lakes museum. He faced costly restoration, government rejection, and personal ruin including debt and alcoholism, while the ship remains docked and Hoffmann profits from tours with little money returned.
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Tom Tiede
Menominee, Mich
NEA
Frank Hoffmann
Lake Michigan
Hoffmann
Green Bay
Alvin Clark
Hoffman
Clark
Trenton
Mich
Smithsonian Institution
Great Lakes
Michigan
Federals
Hoff
Republic
ALSN