The Old Fire Bell

Historical marker location:

307 Walnut Street, Mound City, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of Walnut Street (Illinois Route 37) and Park Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Walnut Street.)

Marker installed: 1954

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.