Being one out of six dry goods stores in Dayton, Rike’s Dry Good and Company was one of the largest and most popular. Throughout the history of the store there have been many changes made including the most popular the sidewalk display windows. Rikes Department Store a successful business, was a part of many Daytonian’s lives. In 1850 David L. Rike came to Dayton from Xenia and joined a major dry goods house where he made double the salary (Deardorf 22). You could say this struck a major enterprise