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[2] [3] The park, which has been called "weird and beautiful", [2] is named after amateur botanist and South Carolina native Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first American ambassador to Mexico and popularizer of the poinsettia. [2] [4] There is a $3 charge for admission to Poinsett State Park and there are small fees for overnight camping and cabin ...
Located in Encinitas, California, with production facilities in Guatemala, Ecke has grown to become the world's largest poinsettia (christmas star) producer with 50% market share. [1] German emigrant Albert Ecke began cultivating poinsettias in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles in 1909. Paul Ecke Jr. took over the family business in 1963 and expanded it ...
It was known by the common name "poinsettia" as early as 1836, [8] derived from Joel Roberts Poinsett, a botanist and the first US Minister to Mexico. [9] Possibly as early as 1826, Poinsett began sending poinsettias from Mexico back to his greenhouses in South Carolina. [10] Prior to poinsettia, it was known as "Mexican flame flower" or ...
Bear Creek Ski Lodge in January 2012. Bear Creek is a ski resort in Longswamp Township, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The resort opened in 1967 and was known as the Doe Mountain until 1999. It is a year-round resort on more than 330 acres (1.3 km 2) that features a variety of activities and amenities.
Washington State Parks has purchased the Bear Creek Lodge property on the edge of the state park's border along Washington State Route 206. The $3.1 million purchase includes two parcels totaling ...
Bear Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River in central Colorado in the United States. It begins as a small creek up in the Mount Blue Sky Wilderness in Summit Lake and makes its way through Evergreen, CO, Kittredge, CO, Idledale, CO and Morrison, CO before entering Bear Creek Lake Park, managed by the City of Lakewood, Colorado.
The Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve is a public open space preserve in Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the Santa Cruz Mountains.The preserve is located along both sides of Bear Creek Road, west of State Route 17 and Lexington Reservoir, and mostly north and east of the Skyline Boulevard and Summit Road sections of State Route 35.
The Poinsettia Fire was the second most destructive of the San Diego County wildfires. [35] It caused property damage estimated at $22.5 million, [36] as well as the only reported fatality in the San Diego County series of wildfires. As of July 10, 2014, the cause of the fire is listed as "undetermined", which allows for further investigation ...