The Printer's Devil

Historical marker location:

Pittsfield, Illinois

( Marker is on East Washington Street (Illinois Route 106) east of North Illinois Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Looking for Lincoln.

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.