 The first decade for the Portage Point Inn was a difficult time, but a few cottages were built and paid annual dues to the resort.In 1909, the Northern Michigan Transportation Company began to purchase tracts of land on the northern and western shore of Portage Lake and by 1914 had become the principal investor in the Portage Portage Point Assembly and, by the end of that year, took over management of the Inn.They platted the subdivision of of land to the north of the Assembly's property that included the sire of the old village of Portage and began to sell the lots.