Illinois Sesquicentennial Time Capsule

Historical marker location:

14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois

( Marker can be reached from West Jefferson Street (U.S. 30) east of U.S. 6, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1969

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.