Marcellus Merrill
Class of 1978,
Sport Builder
Marcellus arrived in Steamboat Springs by stagecoach in 1904. In 1914, he was among the first students Carl Howelsen taught to jump. He became a partner in the Groswold Ski Company of Denver, where he toyed with the idea of metal skis and patented the first American 3 point binding (for cross-country, jumping, downhill, and slalom). In his honor, the Merrill Trophy has been awarded annually at the Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival since 1940.
