Homes for Rent in Othello, WA

Othello is a city of 8,500 people about 100 miles southwest of Spokane. Originally a railroad town, it became an agricultural hub in the 1950's when the Columbia Basin Project brought irrigation to the region. Fields once filled with sagebrush began producing wheat, peas, apples and asparagus. But after Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 and laid six inches of volcanic ash over the region’s fields, farmers found the soil was perfect for producing potatoes. Now trucks roll into Othello daily carrying thousands of pounds of potatoes harvested from ...