1894
Founder, B.B Rich, opens the first Rich’s Cigar Store in downtown Portland, Oregon. Soon after, Si S. Rich joins his brother in business.
1910s
Rich’s new location opens on the corner of 6th and Washington.
1920
A third Rich’s location opens at 143 Broadway in downtown Portland.
1921
Pictorial Review fills the shelves of Rich’s 6th and Washington corner shop.
1920s
A young Jesse Rich - future owner of Rich’s, son of Si S. Rich, and nephew of B.B. Rich - worked at Rich’s through his youth.
1924
Rich’s corner shop at 6th and Washington in downtown Portland.
1933
Johnny Philip Morris
visits Rich’s Cigar Store
1934
Rich’s owner, Jesse Rich, lighting a celebratory cigar.
1937
1937 LIFE Magazine
hits the shelves at Rich’s.
1946
Jesse Rich & staff
1955
1959
Rich’s store moves to the corner of
5th and Washington in
Downtown Portland.
1960s
Portland radio personality Barney Keep visits Rich’s.
1974
Tom Moran (left) sitting with Jesse Rich celebrating Tom’s purchase of Rich’s Cigar Store after eight years of employment at Rich’s.
1980s
Rich’s moved to the corner of Park and Alder.
1980s
Inside the SW Park & Alder Rich’s store.
1986
Brothers Tom and Jim Moran featured in a write up on Rich’s.
1989
Elaine, Tom’s wife, begins working at Rich’s by leading the creation and operation of a second location on 23rd Avenue in NW Portland.
1990
Rich’s downtown moves across the street to the historical Woodlark building.
1996
Rich’s downtown moves from the Woodlark building to its current location.
Bill Shindler, Chief Tobacconist, joins the team. Today, he can be found downtown most days with a pipe in hand and decades of tobacco lore.
2005
Led by Elaine, Rich’s opens a third location at NW 10th and Flanders in the Pearl.
2007
Rich’s News in the Portland International Airport opens.