St. Jacob

Historical marker location:

239 West Main Street, St. Jacob, Illinois

( Marker is on Park Drive just south of West Main Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2015

The St. Louis Wagon Road.

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.