His Friends Rest Here

Historical marker location:

1020 S 5th St, Quincy, Illinois

( Marker can be reached from South 5th Street.)

Marker installed: 2010

Looking for Lincoln.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, one of the largest futures exchanges in the world, was founded in Chicago in 1898. The exchange allows traders to buy and sell futures contracts for commodities like corn, soybeans, and crude oil.