How a humble banana peel changed Oregon history:

Published: Sept. 13, 2019, 2 p.m.

Up-and-coming Democrat Oswald West had been sent to Portland on a last-ditch attempt to talk Harry Lane into running for governor. But Lane said no; so West decided to give it a go himself. Lacking paper, he scratched out his platform on a flattened banana peel. (Salem, Marion County; 1910) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1907b.os-west-banana-peel.html)