Poinsett

Poinsett is better remembered for having introduced the Nochebuena plant (today known as the poinsettia) to the U.S.

Mexico this month - July 2008

Poinsett is better remembered for having introduced the Nochebuena plant (today known as the poinsettia) to the U.S.

Mexico this month - July 2008

When Charles Brewer first heard of Calicaro, the operations manager and wine director at the Poinsett Club needed a little convincing to try wines called "Poinsett" and "Liberty Bridge."

Stories: Local News 2009

Poinsett found his man in Reid, whose loyalty to the Jacksonian Democrats matched his hatred for the Indians and their sympathizers.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

Anglo-Floridians howled in renewed protest and Poinsett dissembled, but it did not matter after July 23.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

Gee, you can go back to Joel Roberts Poinsett and the 1824 presidential election if you want to talk about U.S. intervention on behalf of the "old boys" network.

M�xico's economic woes 2009

Gee, you can go back to Joel Roberts Poinsett and the 1824 presidential election if you want to talk about U.S. intervention on behalf of the "old boys" network.

M�xico's economic woes 2009

However, the Mexicans did not want to sell Texas and, in 1829, they invited the hapless Ambassador Poinsett to leave.

How the Mexican fire plant became the poinsettia 2009

But Joel Poinsett was no longer the secretary of war, and the Seminoles were much reduced.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

As congressional pressure “to terminate the war in Florida by pacific measures” and the threat of war with Great Britain mounted in early 1839, Poinsett hoped to shed this distraction.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011