In 1885, as black cowboys trailed cattle, or Buffalo soldiers stood guard on lonely outposts, far more African American women and men moved to Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle in search of jobs in the urban economy. These contrasting images of soldiers, cowboys and urban workers remind us that multiple 'Wests' often existed side by side. The communities these African Americans created, the campaigns they waged and the troubles they endured helped forge the contemporary African American urban enclaves in all of the major cities of the West. From the Series:African American West, 1528-2000