As one of six dry goods stores in Dayton, Rike's Dry Good and Company was one of the largest and most popular. Many changes have been made throughout the store's history, with the most popular being sidewalk windows. Rikes Department Store, a successful business, was part of the lives of many Daytonians. In 1850 David L. Rike came to Dayton from Xenia and joined a prominent dry goods house where he earned double the salary (Deardorf 22). You could say this struck a great deal within him. Three years later, after arriving in Dayton, a partnership was formed between Rike and two retail merchants (Deardorf 22). On March 9, 1853, “Prugh, Joice and Rike opened for business in a 2,500 square foot store on East Third Street.” (Deardorf 22). However that partnership did not last long, in 1867 “Rike found two new partners, Samuel E. Kumler (brother-in-law) and R.I. Cummin. The name of the store became DL Rike and Company. This partnership lasted 28 years." (Deardorf 22). This store has become one of the largest in Dayton in terms of popularity. "Mr. Rike was nationally known in the department store business. (Alexander 13A). "In 1870, Rike opened another store with one of his original employees on East Fifth Street, known as Rike, Hassler and Company." ( Deardorf 22).This store only lasted until 1894, which was one year after the larger D.L. Rike and Company store moved to a larger location (Deardorf 22). In 1865 D.L. Rike and Company was renamed The Rike Dry Goods Company. In 1893 the D. L. Rike and Company building made a huge move to the southwest corner of Fourth and Main Streets on a twenty-year lease (Deardorf 22). was the last time they moved or changed... center of paper... ut Downtown at Crossroad." Dayton Daily News November 22, 1991: 13A. Print.Bischoff, Laura. "The workers find a box placed by Rikes." Dayton Daily News November 4, 1999. Print.Deardorf, Barb. “Service to the Greater Dayton Area.” Dayton USA August 1978: 22-37. Print.G, Mike. "Rike's Department Store." - The Place Memory Project. May 14, 2011. Web. March 24, 2012. .Jasper, Debra. "Lazarus Boycott Urged." Dayton Daily News March 17, 1995: 1A. Print.Stewart III, Mizell. "Lazarus to leave the void: memory." Dayton Daily News November 22, 1991: 12A. Print.Watson, Claudia. Dayton Come of Age: The City Through the Eyes of John H. Patterson, 1897-1922. Dayton: Montgomery County Historical Society, 2002. Print.Zumwald, Terresa. For the Love of Dayton: Life in the Miami Valley 1796-1996: Dayton: BFS Printing, 1996. Print.