Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - A kwagara obodo Rocky Ford dum site n'ebe ọ dịbu n'afọ 1884 mgbe e tinyere okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè 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. Na 1904 Swink guzobere ma duzie ihe ngosi ugbo na ubi nke Colorado na World's Fair na St. Louis, Missouri
Ọ dị mma. 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.