Quincy

Historical marker location:

1500 South 5th Street, Quincy, Illinois

( Marker is on Indian Mounds Park, 0.1 miles west of South 5th Street, on the left when traveling east.)

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.