Abraham Lincoln

Historical marker location:

236 East Side Square, Carlinville, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of East Side Square (Illinois Route 4) and Hoch Street, on the right when traveling north on East Side Square.)

Carlinville Lawyer.

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.