In 1975, Danny Ratliff decided to start his own masonry company, which has now developed into Ratliff Hardscape. Prior to the launch of his business, he had been laying brick for himself and realized he could be doing what the larger companies at the time were doing, but do it better. He built walls, retaining walls, fireplaces, mailboxes — pretty much everything. In the 1980s and 1990s, the company discovered it was hard to obtain the material that the hardscape business needed, such as sand, concrete and rock. As a result, Ratliff decided to open his own distribution center in 1988 for hardscape materials, Caprock Hardscape Supply, located in Lewisville, TX. The hardscape supply business continued to grow, as it had all the products customers wanted for hardscape, but also because they featured the best prices of the area and, most of all, great service.
Caprock Hardscape Supply got its stone products in Stigler, OK, where there is a small geographical area where quality stone is located. Within that small area, there is a smaller area where the stone has great veining, so there are only a few really good spots to get the Oklahoma Natural Stone. When the recession of 2008 hit, several of the local quarries started to shut down. It became incredibly difficult to get that stone, so Danny Ratliff decided to get into the quarrying business, opening up Quality Stone Quarries in Stigler, OK.