Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An tura garin Rocky Ford gaba ɗaya daga wurin da yake a baya a cikin 1884 lokacin da aka shimfiɗa layin dogo ta cikin garin. Ford ya mallaki mafi yawan sababbin ƙasashe inda aka gina sabon gari. A shekara ta 1899 ya taimaka wajen kafa kamfanin Crystal Sugar na Amurka, wanda ya ci gaba da aiki har zuwa 1979. A cikin 1904 Swink ya kafa kuma ya jagoranci nuni na aikin gona da aikin lambu na Colorado a World's Fair a St. Louis, Missouri
Ka yi haƙuri. Swink, wanda aka nada shugaban gidan waya na Rocky Ford a 1876, shi ne magajin gari na farko na garin bayan da aka haɗa shi a 1887, kuma ya kasance sanata na jiha na wa'adi biyu. Ya kasance daya daga cikin kwamishinonin gundumar uku na asali lokacin da aka kafa gundumar Otero.