A Community Comes Alive

Historical marker location:

State Park Place, Illinois

( Marker is on County Road 750E, 0.1 miles north of County Road 12, on the right when traveling north.)

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.