History of Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, where it has stayed ever since. The city's name was officially changed to "Salt Lake City" at the same time. In 1857, when the Mormon practice of polygamy came to national awareness, President James Buchanan responded to public outcry by sending an army of 2500 soldiers, called the Utah Expedition, to investigate the LDS Church and install a non-LDS governor to replace Brigham Young. In response, Brigham Young imposed martial law, sending the Utah militia to harass the soldiers, a conflict called the Utah War. Young eventually surrendered to federal control when the new territorial governor, Alfred
Henry Heath (Mormon pioneer) the state. Heath continued to work as a law-enforcement officer until at least 1868. During that time he also farmed land in Salt Lake City and worked as a night watchman to support his large family. He was well known in the community and was celebrated later in his life as one of the original Utah pioneers of 1847. He died in Salt Lake City on March 30, 1908. Henry Heath (Mormon pioneer) Henry Heath (November 22, 1828 – April 4, 1908) was a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) pioneer, explorer, settler and lawman in the frontier Utah Territory, United States. Henry