Pocahontas

Historical marker location:

108 East State Street, Pocahontas, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of State Street and Park Street, on the right when traveling east on State Street.)

Marker installed: 2015

Muscle, Metal, and Merchandise.

The Chicago Cubs baseball team has the longest championship drought in North American professional sports history. The Cubs won their last World Series in 1908, and they famously ended their 108-year championship drought by winning the World Series in 2016.