Fort Payne

Historical marker location:

Naperville, Illinois

( Marker can be reached from S. Brainard Street, 0.1 miles south of East Chicago Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1964

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.