Inscription:
JOSEPH COUTRET
B. Paris, France, 1809
D. Indianola, Texas 1875
* Private, Co. A - Indianola Guards
ALANIZA COUTRET
B. Bern Switzerland 1834
D. Indianola, Texas 1875
WASHINGTON COUTRET
B. New Orleans, Louisiana 1852
D. Indianola, Texas 1872
ELENORA COUTRET
B. Indianola, Texas 1858
D. Indianola, Texas 1875
Joseph Coutret built an underground 8,000 gal. concrete cistern with walls 16" thick for $240 for the Indianola Courthouse. It was built to replace the aboveground cypress cistern that was too small. Joseph Coutret also constructed a Powder House for the city for $150 when it was determined large quanitities of private powder was a danger to the town. (Malsch, p. 211)
