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A hard worker, Eccles was reported to have traveled over 44,000 miles (71,000 km) in 1904. While friends encouraged him to slow down, he preferred to "die in the harness." One of his hallmarks was integrity and self-reliance. His companies prospered on his no-debt plan and view of achieving
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Eccles served on the Ogden City
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David always put his children to work early in life. They worked along with the crews on the railroads, mills, and lumber yards. They were taught as many aspects of the businesses as they were willing to learn. Several served missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His
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While he had been working he saved up a considerable amount of money and put it to other uses. He started the Eccles Lumber
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With the estimated $ 4-7 million he made, mostly from his Oregon enterprises, he invested heavily in Utah. He purchased stock in banks, canneries, insurance companies, railroads, factories, mills, mines, and various other companies. The
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