1700 Bond Avenue

Historical marker location:

1700 Bond Avenue, East St. Louis, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of Dr. M R Lemons Boulevard and Bond Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Dr. M R Lemons Boulevard.)

Marker installed: 2017

Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot.

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.