Ka cika wannan magana: An ƙaura dukan garin Rocky Ford daga inda yake a shekara ta 1884 sa'ad da aka gina hanyar jirgin ƙasa a 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 gona na Colorado a
Bikin baje kolin duniya a St. Louis, Missouri. 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.