John Mitchell

Historical marker location:

515 S Spaulding St, Spring Valley, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of South Spaulding Street and East Caroline Street, on the right when traveling north on South Spaulding Street.)

Marker installed: 1966

1870-1919.

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.