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==John A. Widtsoe (Jul 1950): "under the Prophet's editorship Central America was denominated the region of Book of Mormon activities"==
John A. Widtsoe (Council of the Twelve)
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As far as can be learned, the Prophet Joseph Smith, translator of the book, did not say where, on the American continent, Book of Mormon activities occurred.  Perhaps he did not know…. [The 1842 Times and Seasons article] seems to place many book of Mormon activities in that region.  The interesting fact in this connection is that the Prophet Joseph Smith at this time was editor of the Times and Seasons, and had announced his full editorial responsibility for the paper.  This seems to give the subjoined article an authority it might not otherwise possess….

They who work on the geography of the Book of Mormon have little else than the preceding approaches with which to work, viz [that is]: that Nephites found their way into what is now the state of Illinois; that the plates of the Book of Mormon were found in a hill in northwestern New York State; that a statement exists of doubtful authenticity that Lehi and his party landed on the shore of the land now known as Chile; and that under the Prophet's editorship Central America was denominated the region of Book of Mormon activities. 

Out of diligent, prayerful study, we may be led to a better understanding of times and places in the history of the people who move across the pages of the divinely given Book of Mormon.<ref>{{IE1|author=John A. Widtsoe|article=Evidences and Reconciliations: Is Book of Mormon Geography Known?|vol=53|date=July 1950|start=547}}</ref>

…out of the studies of faithful Latter-day Saints may yet come a unity of opinion concerning Book of Mormon geography.<ref>John A. Widtsoe, foreword to Thomas Stuart Ferguson's ''Cumorah—Where?'' (Oakland: Published by the author, 1947), cited by {{MormonsMap|start=7|end=8}}</ref>
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