Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: A kwagara obodo Rocky Ford dum site n'ebe ọ dịbu n'afọ 1884 mgbe a rụrụ okporo ígwè gafere n'obodo ahụ. Ford nwere ọtụtụ ala ọhụrụ ebe e wuru obodo ọhụrụ ahụ. N'afọ 1899, o nyere aka hiwe ụlọ ọrụ American Crystal Sugar Factory, nke nọgidere na-arụ ọrụ ruo n'afọ 1979. N'afọ 1904, Swink guzobere ma duzie ihe ngosi ugbo na ubi nke Colorado na
Ihe ngosi ụwa na St. Louis, Missouri. Swink, onye a họpụtara postmaster nke Rocky Ford na 1876, bụ onye isi obodo mbụ nke obodo ahụ mgbe e jikọtara ya na 1887, ọ bụkwa onye omebe iwu steeti maka okwu abụọ. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị kọmishọna mpaghara atọ mbụ mgbe e guzobere Otero County.